It’s been a full week of earthquakes in California, including a 4.1 near Templeton that triggered an alert for residents.

Next spring, scientists from the US Geological Survey will go where no one has gone before: 2.2 miles into the San Andreas Fault. SAFOD, the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth project, will ...

The San Andreas fault line in California may be capable of producing much larger earthquakes than previously believed. The findings were published in the journal Geology, and found that earlier ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - There hasn't been a major earthquake along the San Andreas Fault for years. Scientists are now saying an earthquake at the center of that fault line could be more severe than ...

Residents of Southern California are on high alert after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked communities near the Mojave Desert on Friday, just one day after a 6.4-magnitude quake occurred in the same ...

The central section of the San Andreas Fault could host larger quakes than previously realized. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Enlarged microscope photo of sedimentary rock that was structurally altered during an earthquake. The slip layer (green portion) was heated during fault movement. The actual field of view is only ...

Boulders block U.S. 395 near the California-Nevada state line after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake Thursday. (Brett Durrant / Associated Press) The magnitude 6.0 earthquake that rattled parts of Northern ...

SAN RAMON, Calif. - A 3.2 magnitude earthquake struck near San Ramon Thursday morning. The quake struck just after 7:30 a.m.