History of San Ramon earthquake swarms stretches back decades
San Ramon sits atop the Calaveras Fault, and for some reason that scientists don't quite understand, tiny earthquakes happen there on a fairly regular basis.
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San Ramon sits atop the Calaveras Fault, and for some reason that scientists don't quite understand, tiny earthquakes happen there on a fairly regular basis.
A series of small earthquakes struck the San Ramon over the span of several hours on Monday in the latest swarm to hit the East Bay community over the past few weeks.
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said the government set up an emergency task force to urgently assess the extent of damage.
An alert from the U.S. Geological Survey warning of a strong earthquake striking Northern Nevada on Thursday morning was sent in error, the agency said. Kelsi Thorud reports
An alert sent to people across California warning about a strong earthquake striking Northern Nevada on Thursday morning was sent in error, officials said.
A cluster of at least four small earthquakes struck Sonoma County southeast of Santa Rosa late Sunday night into early Monday morning, according to officials.
Two earthquakes struck the Central Coast less than 10 minutes apart on Thanksgiving Day, according to officials.
USGS scientist Robert De Groot spoke to CBS News Bay Area about a recent earthquakes that have struck in and around the Bay Area, including two earthquakes that struck near Salinas and San Juan Bautista on Thanksgiving Day.
Two earthquakes struck the Central Coast less than 10 minutes apart on Thanksgiving Day, according to officials.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.0 struck southern Santa Clara County early Wednesday morning, followed by at least two other aftershocks. according to officials.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.0 struck southern Santa Clara County early Wednesday morning, followed by at least two other aftershocks. according to officials.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude 4.1 struck northern Sonoma County Monday morning, officials said.
A small earthquake struck Contra Costa County near San Ramon Thursday morning, officials announced.
The quake on Monday night hit near where several other earthquakes struck on Nov. 9.
A minor earthquake shook Vallejo and the surrounding communities on Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
At 9:39 a.m., a magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck near Summerwood Loop and Alcosta Boulevard in San Ramon. Within three minutes of the first quake, three others happened in about a 1-mile radius.
A small earthquake struck San Benito County near San Juan Bautista Wednesday morning, officials announced.
The quake was in the Briones Regional Park, and it was recorded just before 7:30 a.m., with a depth of nearly 10 miles, the USGS report states.
A small earthquake jolted the East Bay Thursday morning, as people across the Bay Area were preparing for the annual Great ShakeOut earthquake drill.
A 6.9-magnitude aftershock jolted quake-hit southern Philippines, triggering a fresh tsunami alert just hours after an earlier warning was lifted, authorities said.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake collapsed walls of houses and buildings in a central Philippine province, killing dozens. Rescuers raced to find survivors.
Following a magnitude 4.3 earthquake in Berkeley on Monday morning, the city has experienced two other quakes, according to the United States Geological Survey.
The earthquake that rattled the East Bay on Monday originated on the Hayward Fault and prompted questions about an overdue large quake on the fault. Brian Hackney reports.
An earthquake struck the East Bay Monday at 2:56 a.m. about a mile east of Berkeley on the Hayward Fault. Veronica Macias reports.
People across the Bay Area were woken up early Monday morning when a magntiude 4.3 earthquake struck near Berkeley. Jessica Burch and Veronica Macias report.
