A U.S. Geological Survey simulation of a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Southern California said 50 brittle concrete buildings housing 7,500 people could completely or partially collapse and that it ...

but data from the USGS and Southern California Earthquake Center has warned that such events occur every 100 to 200 years.

For major events, with magnitudes of 7 or greater, California is actually in an earthquake drought. Multiple segments of the expansive San Andreas Fault system are now sufficiently stressed to ...

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 ...

Researchers have identified an actively creeping section of the Concord Fault running through local communities in California ...

Allen, the Berkeley seismologist, said Southern California has just as high an earthquake risk compared to its Northern California counterparts. "They face a similar threat, if not higher," Allen ...

The seismic price tag for California is about 65% of the nation’s annual earthquake cost, which is $14.7 billion a year. The projected annual average earthquake losses in other areas of ...

A major earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone could cause coastal land from to sink permanently, dramatically increasing the risk of flooding, according to a new study. The research ...

California is overdue for a devastating earthquake. Here are some tips if it hits A near-certain disaster looms for California, but there are real things people can do to prepare.

The Great ShakeOut, which happens today, is an annual safety drill that began in earthquake-prone California and later expanded across the U.S. and overseas.

New California Earthquake Risk Raised by Scientists. ... (PNAS), found that a major earthquake—greater than magnitude 7.7—could cause subsidence ranging from half a foot to six feet. ...