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

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake was reported Sunday evening at 11:34 p.m. Pacific time in Long Beach, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred less than a mile from Los Angeles ...

Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California's heavily populated coastal communities.

A long-feared monster earthquake off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington could cause some areas to sink by more than 6 feet, dramatically heightening the risk of flooding.

Also well-known in L.A. is the Newport-Inglewood fault, which unleashed the 1933 Long Beach earthquake — the deadliest temblor in Southern California’s modern history.

A lightly populated stretch of Alaska’s southern coast was under a tsunami warning after the magnitude 7.3 quake was felt ...

A 3.4-magnitude earthquake hit off the Southern California coast, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 7-mile deep quake hit about 9 miles southwest from Manhattan Beach at 12:15 p.m. on ...

California gets less than five earthquakes a year with a magnitude of 5.5 or higher, ... But a new study found a long-feared, deadly earthquake off Northern California could cause catastrophic ...

Monday's 5.2 magnitude temblor marked another success for California's early earthquake warning system, with users in some areas saying they got notifications on their phone before they felt shaking.

A preliminary 3.7 magnitude earthquake struck Friday morning near the Northern California city of Redding, according to the United States Geological Survey.. The quake hit at 3:57 a.m. and was ...