California's seismic risk is increasing with supershear earthquakes, which are faster and more destructive than typical earthquakes.

The “swarm” of tremors has caused worry but little damage. Still, the state’s history includes the most deadly and destructive earthquake in the eastern U.S.

Once considered geologically impossible, earthquakes in stable regions like Utah and Groningen can actually occur due to long-inactive faults that slowly “heal” and strengthen over millions of years.

A series of earthquakes rocked a Bay Area city on Feb. 2. Did you feel it? San Ramon was hit by a cluster of quakes starting with a magnitude 3.8 earthquake about 2.4 miles southeast of the city, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Dozens of small earthquakes have shaken the San Francisco Bay Area over the last month, rattling nerves and ...

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCIV) — A series of small earthquakes over the past week has startled residents across Summerville and parts of the Lowcountry, marking an unusually active stretch for an area that ...

A series of strong quakes abroad and smaller ones at home has Californians increasingly asking the same question: Is the “Big One” looming? Two earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater struck within ...