Many of the state’s largest earthquakes have struck near the junction, where the Pacific, North American and Gorda plates ...

When the biggest earthquake in more than a decade rattled Russia’s remote Kamchatka Peninsula in July, seismologists around the world knew within moments. For earthquakes big or small, sensors around ...

Earth scientist Andrea Donnellan studies the surface of the Earth from the sky to better understand earthquakes, including ...

A small town in California was hit by earthquakes once every 22 years for over a century, setting the stage for a major ...

Insurance expert Karl Susman said the cost of earthquake insurance depends on multiple factors, including the home itself, ...

Two earthquakes of a 7.0 or greater magnitude have struck within days of each other in Alaska and Japan, prompting worries another big temblor could be on the way. The first quake hit in Alaska on Dec ...

A swarm of a half-dozen earthquakes reaching up to magnitude 2.9 rattled San Ramon in California near San Francisco, the U.S.

Drop. Cover. Hold on. That’s the three-part jingle every Californian learns to stay safe in earthquake country. Scientists forecast a more than 99% chance that earthquakes of 6.7 magnitude or larger ...

More than 800 people were killed and thousands more injured as a major earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan late on Sunday, one of the worst such disasters in the country in recent years. As ...

A minor, 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck in the San Francisco Bay Area on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey. It was one of several that struck in quick succession. The temblor ...