This year, the anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake also falls on the same day as the Great ShakeOut -- at 10:17 this morning, Californians stopped what they were doing and practiced what to do ...

NBC 7 takes you inside the science behind earthquakes, the technology for early alerts, and teaches you the measures you can ...

At 5:04 p.m. on Tuesday, October 17, 1989, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake rattled along the Loma Prieta fault line in California.

When some 10.4 million Californians "drop, cover and hold on" Thursday morning, the ground may not be shaking. But the drill will help ensure that participants are prepared for the next big earthquake ...

On this day decades ago, the deadly Loma Prieta earthquake rocked Santa Cruz County and the Bay Area. The massive quake ...

The Great Oregon Shakeout sent Spencer Butte Middle Schoolers under their desks as they learned about earthquake preparedness ...

With the 35th anniversary of the devastating Loma Prieta Earthquake on October 17, the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) is rolling out measures including a first-in-the-nation ...

Today marks 35 years since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake struck the Central Coast, causing significant damage in Santa Cruz County. The 6.9 magnitude quake hit at 5:04 p.m., leading to the collapse ...

Move over, Big Apple. It’s time to take a bite out of The Town. Oakland has claimed the title of #1 Best Food City in the U.S ...

Proponents of a ballot measure to bolster San Francisco’s public-health infrastructure say the 35th anniversary of the Loma ...

The early warning system’s yearly test rang some California cellphones on a significant date in earthquake history. Warnings ...

You really don’t know when there’s going to be another significantly damaging earthquake, but we know it’s going to happen.” ...