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

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 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 ...

A magnitude-5.2 earthquake occurred about 2.5 miles south Julian, California at 10:08 a.m. April 14, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

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 ...