California's earthquakes are far more likely to be "overdue" compared with earthquakes in the rest of the world.

Thousands of Californians felt the ground shake underneath them as many were protesting ICE raids in San Francisco.

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

Unlike other earthquake-prone places around the planet, California is overdue for a major quake, according to a recent study.

California is known for its wine country. Take a trip to one of California's oldest vineyards, where the San Andreas fault ...

An instrument called an interrogator allows researchers to effectively hijack fiber optic cables for use as thousands of ...

Despite San Francisco having a population of just over 800,000, San Francisco International Airport punches well above its ...

As the sun rose on Monday, Jan. 1, 1900, Americans awoke to a new decade — the first in what would be called an “American ...

It’s not only the San Andreas fault that threatens to transform Los Angeles. It’s the political tremors out of Washington ...

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

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

Researchers have developed a laboratory earthquake model that connects the microscopic real contact area between fault ...