A late-night 2.9-magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area in California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

San Francisco has assigned a seismic hazard score to hundreds of city-owned buildings. Some key ones, including a jury duty ...

In the heart of California, the San Andreas Fault lies like a ticking time bomb, silently building pressure for over a century. Stretching more than 1,200 kilometers, this massive fault marks the ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A surprising 3.7 magnitude earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area Friday night, startling rush hour commuters as the second such temblor in Northern California in just over ...

The 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck on April 18 with an estimated magnitude of 7.8. The temblor was followed by major fires that lasted for several days. The toll was high, about 3,000 people ...

It is a new day, San Francisco. Literally and figuratively, according to Mayor Daniel Lurie’s 5 a.m. remarks at the 119th commemoration of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. “We’ve gone through some ...

Reporting from San Francisco — On the ground once marked by devastation, a new city is rising. The deadly 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake battered the gritty South of Market district, damaging the ...

San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. Associated Press The billions of dollars of infrastructure, headquarters of global industries and the denser, more vertical downtown make San Francisco a ...

On April 18, 1906, a violent 7.8 magnitude earthquake leveled the city of San Francisco.; Nearly 3,000 people died from the quake and subsequent fires that spread through the urban sprawl.

To the north, along the San Francisco Peninsula, earthquakes seem less frequent, striking every 300 years or more. Streig thinks the giant 1906 earthquake temporarily shut down the repeated ...