California’s most famous fault has a talent for making certainty look foolish. Scientists can measure strain, map creeping ...
A fault line does not keep a calendar, no matter how often people ask it to. That simple limitation shapes nearly everything ...
Workers check damage to Interstate 880 in Oakland after it collapsed during the Loma Prieta earthquake in October 1989. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press) They are two of the West Coast's most ...
They are two of the West Coast’s most destructive generators of huge earthquakes: The San Andreas fault in California and the Cascadia subduction zone offshore of California’s North Coast, Oregon, ...
Northern California’s coast keeps you on alert, even on quiet days. Offshore, three tectonic plates meet near Humboldt County at the Mendocino Triple Junction. It is where the San Andreas fault system ...
Last Monday, April 14, an earthquake caught many people’s attention in Southern California. It was centered near the town of Julian about 35 miles inland from San Diego and triggered the USGS ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers check damage to Interstate 880 in Oakland after it collapsed during the Loma Prieta earthquake in October 1989. (Paul ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. New research suggests the San Andreas fault and the Cascadia subduction zone could produce devastating ...