More than 70 percent of Californians live within 30 miles of a major fault.

The earthquake occurred just before 6 p.m. local time and was felt across parts of the Coachella Valley and surrounding areas ...

Earthquake myths have circulated in the state for decades. We looked into them.

A rapid-fire barrage of 16 earthquakes slammed Southern California in less than 24 hours, reigniting terrifying fears that ...

Standard homeowner's insurance does not cover earthquake damage.

A small town in California was hit by earthquakes once every 22 years for over a century, setting the stage for a major seismic experiment in the 1980s and 90s. But the quake ended up being 11 years ...

A hidden chunk of an ancient tectonic plate is stuck to the Pacific Ocean floor and sliding under North America, complicating ...

Five earthquakes have rattled California’s Bay Area, putting communities from Gilroy to San Jose on alert and renewing ...

A sudden magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck near Indio on January 19, 2026, sending tremors through Southern California and ...

'As of 2023, more than 150 firefighters live out of state, some as far away as Alaska, Texas and Florida. Others are in Northern California,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That's what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in Earth sciences and seismology, she gets much of her data from a bird's-eye ...

"Keeping our campus community safe is a never-ending process. Assuring that buildings meet current seismic standards is the ...