Monday's magnitude 4.4 earthquake centered four miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles was modest but packed quite a jolt. Although no major damage was reported, experts say the temblor was in ...

Recent earthquakes that have shaken California may be a result of a Southern California fault line considered even more dangerous than the San Andreas fault. Los Angeles was rattled by a 4.4 ...

The 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta Earthquake in October 1989 was the most recent major quake associated with the San Andreas Fault, according to the USGS. That earthquake struck in the Santa Cruz ...

That two inches -- the average distance the San Andreas fault moves each year -- has the potential to unleash an earthquake of epic proportions directly under the San Francisco and San Jose area ...

Maine experienced another earthquake Wednesday morning, but this one was much weaker than the one that rattled the region Monday. The 2.0 magnitude earthquake happened at 3:15 a.m. about 5.5 miles off ...

Lawson actually named it after the surrounding San Andreas Valley. Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Lawson concluded that the fault extended all the way into southern California. In 1953, ...

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake hit Maine Monday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. There were reports of ...

Earthquakes happen every day all over the ... In a pure strike-slip fault, there is no motion up or down along the fault. The well-known San Andreas fault is predominantly strike-slip. Fun Fact: The ...