Los Angeles is at risk of a major earthquake, but new research shows that the shaking from the "Big One" may not be as catastrophic as scientists initially feared. A new simulation of the shaking from ...

A fault system running nearly 70 miles along the coast of Los Angeles and Orange counties has the potential to trigger a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, according to a new study that is the latest to ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- During an earthquake study conference in Long Beach, a local expert said California's infamous San Andreas fault is due for a massive ...

What could the next mega-earthquake on California's notorious San Andreas fault look like? Would it be a repeat of 1857, when an earthquake estimated at magnitude 7.7 to 7.9 ruptured the fault from ...

The fault, which is part of the San Andreas Fault system, produced two 6.2-magnitude earthquakes last century.

Earlier estimates said the fault zone could generate up to a magnitude 7.4 shaker. LOS ANGELES — A fault system running nearly 70 miles along the coast of Los Angeles and Orange counties has the ...

Below California’s famed beaches, mountains and metropolitan areas lies a sinister web of earthquake faults — some so infamous that their names are burned into the state’s collective consciousness.

Monday's magnitude 4.4 earthquake centered four miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles was modest but packed quite a jolt. Although no major damage was reported, experts say the temblor was in the ...

A region of the infamous San Andreas Fault could produce an earthquake any day now, scientists suspect. The San Andreas Fault, which is the border section between two huge tectonic plates beneath ...

Twin earthquakes shocked California today, just four miles from San Bernardino, registering at about 3.5 on the Richter scale, as X quickly lit up with posts that said the quake felt like 'jolts that ...

While California’s 750-mile-long San Andreas Fault is notorious, experts believe a smaller fault line possesses a greater threat to lives and property in the southern part of the state. According to ...

Seismologist Lucy Jones finds fault with the disaster film “San Andreas." — -- The movie “San Andreas” opened big at the box office this weekend, but the film’s over-the-top depiction of the ...