It’s been a jiggly week in the east San Francisco Bay Area. The USGS recorded 120 earthquakes all centered within a few miles of the city of San Ramon. Most were far too small to be felt, but six made ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the biggest earthquake in more than a decade rattled Russia’s remote Kamchatka Peninsula in July, seismologists around the ...

Dave Carlin has covered major national news stories and events in the past four decades including Superstorm Sandy and its tri-state impacts, Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina and Iniki on Kauai, ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Was that an earthquake you just felt or merely a big truck rumbling by? You don't have to wonder – the U.S. Geological Survey is on the case and can almost immediately tell you whether ...

Ideas like "earthquake weather" and fears that California could fall into the ocean have long been a part of the state's earthquake superstitions, often resurfacing every time the ground begins to ...

This is how a lack of building code adherence may have caused thousands of deaths.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Another 2.3 earthquake shook East Tennessee on July 27, according to the United States Geological Survey. The minor earthquake had ...

There are 15,000 known fault lines in Southern California, yet only about 10% of households have earthquake insurance, according to the Department of Insurance. Standard homeowner's insurance does not ...

Over the past few days, the Coachella Valley has experienced more than 20 earthquakes, causing concern among some residents. The magnitude 4.9 quake reported about 12 miles north of Indio the evening ...