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

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, ...

In a decisive move to strengthen community resilience, the Newman City Council has adopted the Health and Safety Element ...

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

Tsunamis pose a risk to the entirety of the California coast. But should a major one strike, how bad could it be?

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

The Hollywood sign and the Golden Gate Bridge are among the iconic landmarks set to be wiped out by a huge earthquake when ...

New Madrid, Missouri, was terrorized by its fault line in the early 19th century, and earthquakes are still the region's ...

California has dozens of earthquakes every day. Most are below 3.0 magnitude, so small that they aren’t felt.

New spending restrictions for some federal agencies are creating extra hoops for scientists to jump through to fix earthquake seismographs and deep ocean sensors that capture how fast tsunami ...

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.