California's earthquake faults are more likely to be "overdue" for a major quake than those elsewhere in the world, new ...

A near-certain disaster looms for California, but there are real things people can do to prepare. Here's what to know about ...

A new study published in the journal JGR Solid Earth has found that one U.S. state is “overdue” for an earthquake. Lead author Vasiliki Mouslopoulou believes that the information, while chilling, ...

But that hasn't happened since 1906! In Southern California, it's been even longer. Some researchers say the last major earthquake on the southern part of the San Andreas Fault was over 300 years ago.

Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s ...

California's continuous temblor risk coincides with a huge earthquake ... authorities said. No earthquake-related injuries or major damages were reported. Goulet said if the quake had been ...

dramatically increasing the risk of flooding, according to a new study. The research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), found that a major earthquake—greater ...

The last major earthquake hit on October 21 ... "We've made significant progress in California to reduce seismic risk, including retrofit programs for highway bridges, initiatives to harden ...

Hundreds of miles of coastline in the Pacific Northwest could go straight into the drink if another major earthquake strikes ... shorelines from northern California to Vancouver, Canada, could ...

The Elsinore fault is "one of the major risks in Southern California ... It's one of the scary earthquakes," said Jones. And the Elsinore fault is not the only risk to Southern California.

California's continuous temblor risk coincides with a huge earthquake ... authorities said. No earthquake-related injuries or major damages were reported. Goulet said if the quake had been ...