"The last several days have been an opportunity to meet really smart people from so many different disciplines and different regions," Lori Dengler writes this week.

A Southern California earthquake measuring 2.7 struck near Sherman Oaks, sending a jolt through L.A., triggering ShakeAlert ...

Researchers at UC San Diego on Friday put a 10-story, cold-formed steel building to the test, simulating how the structure would move in the midst of a major earthquake.

At a magnitude of 6.7, the Jan. 17, 1994 Northridge earthquake wasn’t unusual in terms of its size. Since 1900, an average of 120 earthquakes per year worldwide are in the magnitude-6.0 to 6.9 ...

30 years ago today, Los Angeles was jolted awake by a massive earthquake centered near Northridge. The 6.7 magnitude temblor on January 17, 1994 killed some 60 people, injured 8,700, and damaged ...

Our understanding and preparedness have come a long way since Northridge's magnitude 6.7 earthquake in 1994. We're still learning from that destructive temblor. The 1994 Northridge quake was a shock.

Our understanding and preparedness have come a long way since Northridge's magnitude 6.7 earthquake in 1994. We're still learning from that destructive temblor.

The morning of January 17, 1994, was a seismic turning point in Southern California’s history as the Northridge earthquake, measuring 6.7 in magnitude, struck at exactly 4:30:55 a.m. local time.

Our understanding and preparedness have come a long way since Northridge's magnitude 6.7 earthquake in 1994. We're still learning from that destructive temblor.

Photojournalist Hans Gutknecht is recalling the Northridge earthquake on Jan. 17, 1994 - being shaken out of bed and witnessing absolute devastation.