California's San Andreas Fault is capable of triggering a massive earthquake. Here's what to know about this famous location ...

Impact: The 1933 earthquake was Southern California’s deadliest in the modern record, leaving nearly 120 dead and causing $40 ...

If the rocks of the fault show signs of rupturing every 150 years and it's been 200 years since the last earthquake, that quake is said to be "overdue." Many of California's faults, including the ...

Hollywood Sign - Los Angeles The most recent predictions from USGS looked at a magnitude 7.8 earthquake along the San Andreas Fault originating right in Los Angeles, a city of 3.8 million people.

While rare, Redding does get earthquakes strong enough for us to feel. Here's why Shasta and Siskiyou counties and the north ...

In California, where the next "Big One" is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake ...

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Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world's most devastating earthquakes and ...