Last week's earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County triggered a tsunami warning urging people across a huge swath of California and Oregon to evacuate. Why aren't tsunami warnings more precise?

Last week's earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County triggered a tsunami warning urging people across a huge swath of California and Oregon to evacuate. Why aren't tsunami warnings more precise?

New research reveals a promising method to predict earthquakes by studying ancient curved scratches on fault surfaces. Stay ...

The Southern California Metropolitan Water District (MWD) voted overwhelmingly to provide $141.6 million for “planning and ...

After a powerful earthquake struck the California coast in December 2024, social media users claimed the state witnessed a ...

The quakes come a week after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit off the coast of California with shaking felt for miles.

The Pacific West Coast has the highest risk levels of tsunamis in the United States. Here’s where they have stuck in Northern ...

Of arguably greater importance, by shrinking the distance between humans and machines railroads enabled monumental surges in ...

A swarm of earthquakes recently struck along the New Madrid fault line in the Midwest, reviving fears among scientists and ...

In the Bay Area over the next 30 years, there is a greater than two in three chance that we will experience above a magnitude ...

The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that rattled a large swath of Northern California likely increased spawning activity in fish to ...

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have described a new method for studying faults that could improve ...