More than 70 percent of Californians live within 30 miles of a major fault.

Five earthquakes have rattled California’s Bay Area, putting communities from Gilroy to San Jose on alert and renewing ...

The quake caused serious shaking in many parts of the Coachella Valley, located about 130 miles east of Los Angeles.

Over the last few days, the Coachella Valley has experienced more than 20 earthquakes, causing concern among some residents.

Onlookers gaze out to sea at the Sutro Baths overlook in San Francisco on Dec. 5, 2025. A tsunami warning was issued after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of the Humboldt Peninsula, ...

Earthquake myths have circulated in the state for decades. We looked into them.

High above Earth, a new radar satellite is giving scientists an unprecedented look at how the ground beneath Southern California is moving—sometimes by just millimeters. Scientists are using the ...

Large subduction-zone earthquakes leave scars on the continental slope in the deep sea.