California is the most earthquake-prone state in the United States after Alaska. There is no shortage of quakes that have devastated areas of our Golden State. Many may recall the 1994 Northridge ...

Southern California has experienced a series of earthquakes in recent months, reminding us of the dynamic and often volatile seismic nature of the state. California's landscape is shaped by multiple ...

Lucy Jones is often the first person you see on TV after an earthquake, explaining why your bookshelf just waltzed across the living room. The seismologist and CalTech professor is the founder of the ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- International ShakeOut Day is always the third Thursday of October. Even with the challenges of COVID-19 the Great Shakeout earthquake drill will still be happening this year ...

The technology used to measure and monitor earthquakes has remained largely unchanged over the past century, but a breakthrough from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory utilizing telecommunication ...

Gov. Tina Kotek has signed Executive Order 25-22 which is designed to help make sure the government can respond when Oregonians need help most, according to a release from her office. The executive ...

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Salt Lake City, and most of Utah’s population, sits on one of the largest normal faults in the world, the Wasatch Fault. According to a 2016 report, there’s a 57% chance of a magnitude 6 or greater ...