Magnitude 2.9 quake centered near Mount Diablo rattles East Bay
Portions of the East Bay were shaken by a small earthquake late Saturday afternoon.
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Portions of the East Bay were shaken by a small earthquake late Saturday afternoon.
Over the past several decades, science editor Brian Hackney monitored the Hayward Fault slip as it splits apart Phil and Darlene's property, sending part of it toward Alaska. (11-27-22)
A small earthquake measuring 3.0 magnitude rattled the South Bay Wednesday afternoon, hitting in the same area where a 5.1 magnitude quake struck last month.
A 7.0 earthquake on the Solomon Islands on Monday evening does not pose a tsunami threat to California, the Governor's Office of Emergency said, though the agency is monitoring the situation.
Temblors are common across the nation on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," but they're rarely felt strongly in the capital city.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported that "tsunami waves have been observed."
For many young people in San Jose, Tuesday's 5.1 magnitude earthquake on the Calaveras Fault was their very first.
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake followed by three aftershocks ranging in magnitude from 3.5 to 2.8 rumbled through the South Bay Tuesday, rattling windows, shelves and nerves all across the Bay Area.
While not as well known as its neighbors -- the San Andreas and Hayward faults -- a quake on the Calaveras Fault can still pack a punch for Bay Area residents.
Tuesday's 5.1 magnitude earthquake centered in San Jose's east foothills provided a real-life test of the potential and limitations of the state's earthquake early detection and warning system.
California's Shake Alert system allowed people to receive a few seconds warning before they felt Tuesday's 5.1 San Jose earthquake. Interview with U.S. Geological Survey scientist Robert DeGroot.
Residents in the Rose Garden area of San Jose described what they felt during a 5.0 magnitude earthquake Tuesday. Katie Nielsen reports.
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck the South Bay near Mount Hamilton and was felt across the Bay Area.
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck near the Humboldt County town of Fortuna late Sunday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Brian Hackney reports on how the remote epicenter of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake helped reduce damage and number of lives lost (10-17-2022)
It lasted for less than a minute, as short as 15 seconds in some Bay Area neighborhoods, but the memories of the deadly and destructive 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake still linger.
The California Geological Survey has released updated tsunami hazard maps for seven counties to help users determine whether they are in areas at risk for inundation and for planning.
A small earthquake shook the southeastern tip of Alameda County Wednesday morning.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 struck about 16 miles southwest of Cape Mendocino on Saturday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The waves churned inside a Death Valley cave 1,500 miles from the quake, in a phenomenon geologists called a "desert tsunami."
A powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Mexico early Thursday, causing at least two deaths, damaging buildings and setting off landslides.
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Mexico's central Pacific coast on Monday, setting off an earthquake alarm in the capital and leaving one person dead in the coastal city of Manzanillo.
Team coverage of the powerful earthquake that struck on Mexico's Pacific coast (9-19-2022)
A minor earthquake rattled the region around Hollister in San Benito County Sunday night, according to the USGS.
A strong earthquake has shaken much of Taiwan, killing one person and injuring nine.
