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 ...

PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- An earthquake on the San Andreas Fault could trigger bigger earthquakes on other faults, according to a newly released study by the University of Southern California. James ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Tomorrow marks the International Shakeout, when millions of people around the world will hold earthquake drills. In Oregon, the event coincides with a major discovery by local ...

A newly identified link between two notorious geologic zones suggests a major earthquake at one site could trigger another huge quake at the other, creating a double-whammy of destruction. Researchers ...

A "Big One" on the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest might trigger a similarly serious earthquake on California's San Andreas Fault, new research suggests. The findings are based on ...

"The Big One," the theoretical earthquake that will topple their sunbaked paradise, looms large in the minds of Southern Californians. Many imagine it will be unleashed from the San Andreas fault, ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — It’s been a couple weeks since Southern California felt a magnitude 5.2 earthquake, but parts of the state could be overdue for a much bigger one. Most earthquakes happen along ...

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 West Coast of North America is a geologically tumultuous zone where tectonic plates collide, subducting under and scraping past one another. Over the eons, this activity has regularly caused major ...

The disaster caused by a predicted large earthquake in the Pacific Northwest could be compounded by shaking along the San Andreas fault in California, scientists warned. By Sarah Scoles In the world’s ...