Although Californians are relatively familiar with the San Andreas Fault, the Cascadia Subduction Zone is in many ways more dangerous. That fault, where the Juan de Fuca Plate is subsiding underneath ...

Two earthquakes rattled the East Bay on Monday, raising questions about whether the seismic activity could be a warning sign that the "big one" could soon hit the Bay Area. The first quake, a ...

Down in California, the San Andreas Fault marks the boundary where the North American and Pacific plates are sliding past ...

A Cascadia subduction zone earthquake is coming for the Pacific Northwest, and when it hits, scientists now believe, it could cause the San Andreas fault in California to go off.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Scientists say there's new evidence that two of the best-known earthquake fault lines on the West Coast are in sync and that has the potential for a major disaster. A new study ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- A powerful earthquake in Myanmar earlier this year is leading scientists to rethink how we predict future earthquakes. A new study from CalTech sheds light on the behavior of the ...

If you're from California, then you know that the possibility of the "big one" is ever-present and largely overdue (San Francisco even has an attraction where you can experience an earthquake safely ...

The San Andreas fault could trigger the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. And it could happen at any time. A recent study draws lessons from a devastating earthquake in Myanmar to better ...

A retired scientist with the USGS worries about the impact the government shutdown is having on the agency's earthquake ...

It’s like a plot from a Hollywood movie. A massive earthquake on one West Coast fault triggers other earthquakes far away, causing vast destruction over hundreds of miles. A new study out Tuesday ...