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.

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.

The San Andreas Fault runs through some of the world's metropolises, which are threatened by major seismic hazards. Istanbul ...

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

Scientists are sounding the alarm after a recent series of earthquakes raised concerns about the possibility of a major ...

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 ...

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

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

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

The epicenter for all the quakes was about one mile east of Hayward, in San Francisco’s East Bay, according to the U.S. Geological Survey ...

A popular spot in America for tourists is also a hotspot for earthquakes with a number of projects underway to future-proof ...

Two earthquakes rocked San Bernardino, California Monday morning. The first one at 9.44am local time at a preliminary 3.5 ...