Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s ...

California's earthquake faults are more likely to be "overdue" for a major quake than those elsewhere in the world, new ...

A near-certain disaster looms for California, but there are real things people can do to prepare. Here's what to know about ...

dramatically increasing the risk of flooding, according to a new study. The research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), found that a major earthquake—greater ...

During an earthquake scenario with the highest level of subsidence, or land sink, the area at risk of flooding would expand by 116 square miles. Among the areas at risk after a megaquake along the ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — It’s been a couple weeks since Southern California felt a magnitude 5.2 earthquake, but parts of the state could be overdue for a much bigger one. Most earthquakes happen ...

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit off the Northern California coast didn’t produce ... there won’t be time for an official warning for high-risk coastal areas along the subduction zone.

(USGS) USGS officials projected at least 1,800 deaths and 53,000 injuries would result if a 7.8 magnitude earthquake were to strike Southern California. The risk of an earthquake hitting the San ...

It's one of the scary earthquakes," said Jones. And the Elsinore fault is not the only risk to Southern California. It can "be thought of as a sibling of the San Andreas, along with the sizable ...

Officials are still evaluating whether large counties in central and Southern California face any risk of tsunami impacts after a powerful earthquake struck in the far northern part of the state ...

Could a bigger one be on the way? As a general rule, the risk is fairly low. About 5% to 10% of all California earthquakes are followed by a larger one within a week, and the probability of a ...