On Monday morning, around 30 minor earthquakes erupted in a swarm near the Geysers geothermal field south of Clear Lake. The day before, seven quakes rattled Sonoma County, including a 4.0 quake. The ...

A recent study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters is the first to directly link earthquakes to climate ...

A small earthquake struck the San Ramon area early Tuesday morning, the latest in a string of small earthquakes to shake the ...

Map of significant earthquakes (greater than magnitude 4) in the UK Credit: British Geological Survey/UKRI News of a ...

An earthquake of magnitude 2.9 shook the East Bay on Saturday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey.

A shake alert went out over the U.S. Geological Survey's early warning system on Dec. 4, warning that a 5.9 earthquake near ...

The quake came during a cluster that saw over a dozen other earthquakes reported over a 24-hour period, the USGS map shows.

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck off the southern coast of Mexico, centered about 50 miles south-southwest of La Esperanza.

Human activity can cause “healed” faults to release their stored strength, triggering unexpected quakes in tectonically stable regions.

The San Jacinto Fault, considered part of the San Andreas Fault system, has a 5% chance of magnitude 6.7 or larger earthquakes. The line begins at Cajun Pass and runs southeast through San Bernardino, ...