Unlike other earthquake-prone places around the planet, California is overdue for a major quake, according to a recent study.

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The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a magnitude 2.9 earthquake southwest of Atascadero Monday afternoon. According to the U.S ...

Coastal communities from northern California to British Columbia live atop the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which spans about ...

Did you feel it? A preliminary magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck in Concord Friday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological ...

Some fault systems, like San Andreas in California, have been well-studied and can help determine what specific fault caused an earthquake. But that’s not the case in East Tennessee. “(The East ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports a 2.9 magnitude earthquake struck southwest of Atascadero on Monday afternoon. The ...