This has scientists quaking in their boots. Researchers have found that one of the US’s most dangerous fault lines is overdue ...

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 ...

Comparative negligence is a principle of tort law commonly used to assign blame and award monetary damages to injured parties ...

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.

Supercomputer simulations warn the Hayward Fault could hit parts of the East Bay harder than models predicted — officials eye ...

Not all earthquake faults behave the same. Some stick and snap, causing earthquakes. Others move slowly over time. For years, ...