Earthquakes’ sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches. They can happen anywhere, but they’re ...

Any student of California history knows the story of the 1906 earthquake. San Francisco was torn apart by the quake itself, ...

L.A. has been attacked by aliens and zombies in the movies but none of that compares to the real-life destruction we saw in ...

Until Jan. 7, when fires began to destroy thousands of buildings and claim at least 28 lives, my biggest fear about living in California was earthquakes ... As far away as Los Angeles, buildings ...

Much of the important preparation for natural disasters is psychological. Every time there’s an earthquake or a natural disaster in Southern California, the news organizations call Dr. Lucy Jones. Dr.

California was rocked by an earthquake early Friday, marking the fourth to hit the state in over 24 hours. One of the quakes hit just 60 miles from Los Angeles where wildfires are burning.

As more spacecraft are launched, the risk increases that uncontrolled space debris - those without active guidance - will ...

A magnitude 2.8 was detected 180 miles north of Los Angeles ... to the Great California Shakeout. Experts are 'fairly confident that there could be a pretty large earthquake at some point in ...

The huge costs of the historic Los Angeles ... for wildfire and earthquake costs, according to the state Department of Insurance, leading to the establishment in 1996 of the California Earthquake ...

Supported by By Mark Arax Photographs by Ricardo Nagaoka Mr. Arax has been writing about California’s wildfires for more than 20 years. He traveled to Los Angeles this month to witness the ...

Scawthorn, who studies the behavior of mass fires that often follow earthquakes ... base of Los Angeles’ elaborate network of storm basins. Get top local stories in Southern California delivered ...