Experts claim that the next big US quake will also occur along the San Andreas fault with the United States Geological Survey ...

California has been rocked by at least nine earthquakes since Thursday, raising fears that the "Big One" could be near.

A series of several small earthquakes struck inland of the Central Coast over the course of several hours starting Friday night and continuing into Saturday morning.

Seismologists are monitoring California's fault lines for the 'Big One,' a major earthquake that could cause widespread ...

After a series of earthquakes rocked California last week, a scientist has warned that the Golden State isn't the only area ...

I learned about the risk of “soft story” buildings on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 17, 1989. On that day, coastal Northern California was struck by the magnitude 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake.

Stanford lies in the San Andreas fault zone, an area of high seismic activity. The San Andreas fault line runs 800 miles (1,287 kilometers) through California and has caused several strong quakes in ...

Although the San Andreas Fault and the Cascadia Subduction ... chance of experiencing a magnitude 7.5 or great earthquake in the next 30 years, which would spread devastation across the state.