San Francisco - Earthquake & fire ... Movement along the San Andreas Fault was to blame. The North American and Pacific tectonic plates had moved past each other by more than 15 feet — compared ...

Multiple tremors were recorded by the USGS over the past week, including one which struck as the Oscars ceremony was underway.

The quakes occurred near the Hayward Fault, according to the USGS and were felt as far away as San Francisco and Ben Lomond in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Those late morning earthquakes were ...

Over 500 San Francisco Unified School District staff members could receive preliminary layoff notices in the coming weeks, Superintendent Dr. Maria Su said on Tuesday.

According to a USGS Did You Feel It? survey, the quake was felt in other parts of the Bay Area, including San Francisco, Berkeley, Concord and Fremont. No injuries were reported. The previous ...

The research group also defined six power loss categories: Very small fault (VSF); small fault (SF); medium fault (MF): large fault (LF); very large fault (VLF); and hotspot fault (HF).