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On July 21, 1952, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake in Kern County was strongly felt in the Valley, shaking residents ...

A 4.3-magnitude earthquake jolted a lake shoreline Friday, July 11, in Southern California, the U.S. Geological Survey ...

A lightly populated stretch of Alaska’s southern coast was under a tsunami warning after the magnitude 7.3 quake was felt ...

Unlike other earthquake-prone places around the planet, California is overdue for a major quake, according to a recent study. But that doesn’t mean a catastrophic event like the 1906 San ...

In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake ...

The preliminary magnitude 7.0 earthquake reignited long-held fears of the fabled "big one" hitting in California, which typically refers to a potential magnitude 8.0 that causes widespread ...

A minor, 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Thursday. It was followed by a larger, 4.3-magnitude quake nearby a few hours later, according to the United States Geological Survey ...

Power restoring, cleanup underway after deadly Northern California earthquake 01:48. FERNDALE — A powerful earthquake that residents described as "violent" rocked a rural stretch of the Northern ...

An earthquake and dozens of aftershocks rattled Southern Californians starting on Tuesday night and continuing into Wednesday morning. Could a bigger one be on the way? As a general rule, the risk ...

Still, the 4.1-magnitude earthquake that rattled parts of Southern California, including San Diego and Riverside Counties, was strong enough to knock a lotion bottle off her dresser, said Ms ...

Southern California’s last magnitude 7.9 earthquake occurred in 1857, when the San Andreas ruptured between Monterey and Los Angeles counties.