Unlike other earthquake-prone places around the planet, California is overdue for a major quake, according to a recent study.

According to a recent studypublished in JGR Solid Earth, nearly half of California’s fault lines—including the infamous San ...

California is preparing for the annual ShakeOut earthquake drill ... and officials warn that prior seismic activity does not necessarily mean more powerful temblors are imminent.

California's earthquakes are far more likely to be "overdue" compared with earthquakes in the rest of the world.

California has suffered some destructive ... Some researchers have offered dueling theories — some say earthquake activity goes up in a region before a large earthquake, others say it goes ...

Earthquakes are a fact of life in California. And now, a local research team is developing a better way to track them and possibly better understand the forces at work. They say the key is something ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Monday’s 4.4 magnitude earthquake that ...

This map from the U.S. Geological Survey shows the area of Southern California rattled ... about what leads up to a large earthquake. Some say there’s more activity before a major quake, others ...

California has experienced four earthquakes in less than 12 hours. The seismic activity began around 9pm ET when a 3.5 magnitude hit outside of Little Lake. The US Geological Survey (USGS ...

A minor, 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 12:27 p.m. Pacific time about 15 miles southwest ...

“You’re going to have some variability in these earthquakes.” While the recent heightened activity doesn’t increase the odds of Southern California getting hit with a large, damaging ...

About 5% to 10% of all California earthquakes are followed by a larger one within a week, and the probability of a larger quake depends on how much aftershock activity there is, according to the USGS.