Interactive map from the California Geological Survey shows the destruction potential of a tsunami wave in the Golden State.

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California is overdue for a major earthquake ... 2015 to drill new wastewater wells or rework existing ones near faults in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Kern and other counties (see map below). A Center ...

(FOX40.COM) — On Thursday night, three earthquakes were detected near California’s most active fault, the San Andreas Fault, ...

A light, 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Sunday, according to the United ... may also prompt ...

and that’s “pretty standard for anywhere in California.” That’s because, in a single seismic event, individual faults can link up, resulting in an earthquake of a larger magnitude.

A USGS map shows where in California 2.5 magnitude (or greater) earthquakes were recorded in the last seven days—the San Andreas Fault is represented as a thick red line. A USGS map shows where ...

So when researchers detected strange seismic activity along a major California fault line this week, it prompted a familiar question: Is the Big One coming? On Thursday, scientists released a ...