EL DORADO COUNTY, CA - A 2.9 magnitude quake occurred close to South Lake Tahoe on Friday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A tremor shook the region at 11:58 p.m. The earthquake's ...

The Golden Gate Bridge is undergoing a billion dollar seismic upgrade designed to limit earthquake damage and help keep the vital Bay Area crossing operational after a major quake.

Loma Prieta, also known as the World Series earthquake, remains one of the most significant disasters to strike the region in ...

More than 24 hours after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake rattled inland Mendocino County, emergency officials and geologists surveying the aftermath say the region appears to have escaped the worst-case ...

A little-known California fault line — already considered one of the most dangerous in the country — was rattled by another earthquake Thursday morning, shaking communities across the Bay Area and ...

Editor’s note: This post was updated to include the 1992 Landers earthquake. Few places on earth are as vulnerable to the capricious whims of the planet’s seismic tantrums than the Golden State. Some ...