Blackburn designed a complex system that pumps water from San Francisco Bay and sends it through portable high pressure ...

A retired scientist with the USGS worries about the impact the government shutdown is having on the agency's earthquake ...

Twenty-five years ago today, an earthquake interrupted Game 3 of the 1989 World Series between San Francisco and Oakland. I was there as a reporter for USA TODAY, and here's what I remember: The day ...

The San Joaquin fault runs along the base of the Coastals from Newman to east of Tracy. The third is the Corral Hollow fault ...

An earthquake hits the San Francisco Bay Area on October 17, 1989, killing 67 people and causing more than $5 billion in damages. Though this was one of the most powerful and destructive earthquakes ...

Want some jarring information? There were 67 earthquakes in California in the 24-hour period ending at 4 a.m. Tuesday.

October 17 marks the 33-year anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake that jolted the San Francisco Bay Area in 1989. The catastrophic natural disaster also struck the Oakland-Giants 1989 World ...

Before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch on Apr. 12, 1960, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon declared brand-new Candlestick Park "the finest ballpark in America." Nixon would prove to be wrong ...