An aerial view of the La Cañada Flintridge foothills shows dust and dirt thrown into the air following a magnitude 5.9 earthquake from Oct. 1, 1987. (George Rose / Getty Images) Monday's magnitude 4.4 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- For years Northern Californians have been warned that a big one could hit anytime on the San Andreas fault, but a potentially more dangerous quake and tsunami risk could be ...

A view of New York City after a 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook parts of New York and New Jersey. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images) Friday morning's earthquake, an event more commonly associated ...

The New Madrid fault system does not behave as earthquake hazard models assume and may be in the process of shutting down, a new study shows. A team from Purdue and Northwestern universities analyzed ...

This week’s predawn earthquake in Pico Rivera woke up people around Southern California, but the magnitude 4.4 temblor didn’t cause major damage. But scientists said the quake should serve as a ...

A fault system that runs from San Diego to Los Angeles is capable of producing up to magnitude 7.3 earthquakes if the offshore segments rupture and a 7.4 if the southern onshore segment also ruptures, ...

A 4.4-magnitude earthquake near Highland Park on Monday, Aug. 12, brought back vivid memories for many in the L.A. area. As the shaking rippled through the region on Monday – and after a flurry of ...

A 250-million-year-old fault system supplying methane to enormous craters that line the floor of the Arctic Ocean has been discovered. Hundreds of craters, with some over 3,000 feet wide, were ...