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

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The southern section of California’s San Andreas fault hasn’t experienced a major earthquake in 300 years ...

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 ...

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 ...

When a magnitude 7.7 earthquake shook Myanmar on March 28, 2025, it wasn’t just another powerful tremor—it was a geological curveball. The quake ripped open more than 500 kilometers (317 miles) of the ...

The San Francisco event in 1906 caused a major fire and killed as many as 3,000 people, earning the name “The Great 1906 San ...

Earthquakes are notoriously hard to predict, but one consistent earthquake in California—which rumbles every 22 years—provides valuable data for finding warning signs of an impending quake. This ...

In earthquake country, the meandering paths of quake faults easily get seared into memory in the same way as a California freeway map. An earthquake fault is a fracture in the ground between two ...

A new paper in the journal Nature offers an explanation for why the major fault line is overdue for the Big One. By Thomas Fuller It has been about three centuries since the last great earthquake on ...

Released in 2015, the movie San Andreas exploded onto screens as a massive disaster spectacle focused on California’s famous San Andreas Fault. Directed by Brad Peyton, the film featured a ...

A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck California on Tuesday with tremors in Paso Robles, and Atascadero and Templeton, a ...

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 ...