Magnitude 4.9 Quake Strikes Off Coast Of Eureka
A moderate offshore earthquake gave a jolt to cities in far Northern California, but there are no reports of damages or injuries.
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A moderate offshore earthquake gave a jolt to cities in far Northern California, but there are no reports of damages or injuries.
California earthquake monitoring may be taking a hit during the partial federal government shutdown. In Menlo Park doors were locked as all but 43 of 8,600 full-time staffed geologists with the U.S. Geological Survey were furloughed.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday ordered creation of a statewide earthquake early warning system that could give millions of Californians a few precious seconds of warning before a powerful temblor strikes.
Two small early-morning earthquakes have jolted the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in eastern Los Angeles County but there were no reports of damage or injuries.
California could join Japan, Mexico and other earthquake-prone countries that alert residents to the approach of powerful shaking under a bill awaiting approval from Gov. Jerry Brown.
A small earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.9 was recorded near Fremont Wednesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
A small earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.3 was reported near San Rafael Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
If a monster earthquake struck off Alaska's coast, tsunami waves would rush toward California, swamping the nation's largest port complex and causing major economic damage.
Many of San Francisco's first responders including police, fire, and other emergency personnel live in the East Bay. So what would the city do if disaster were to strike while the Bay Bridge is closed?
Authorities say a 4.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted the Truckee Meadows near Reno rattled nerves but caused no injuries and no major damage.
A 4.2 earthquake was felt near Reno on Monday. The quake was felt by residents in the Reno and Sparks area at 5:51 p.m. local time.
A moderately strong earthquake shook Mexico's capital Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damages.
A magnitude-3.6 earthquake struck rural Northern California but no damage or injuries were reported.
With a series of quick blasts and a cloud of dust a 13-story building on the Cal State-East Bay campus crashed to the ground Saturday morning as scientists monitored the impact on the nearby Hayward Fault.
The loss of a building on an East Bay college campus this weekend will be science's gain.
A 2.9-magnitude earthquake struck the region near Alum Rock Park in Santa Clara County on Monday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
A 3.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded in Santa Clara County at midday Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Crisis planning in San Francisco took a new step on Tuesday with the announcement of a partnership between city government and the growing "sharing economy".
Engineers say the new span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge would be able to handle a large earthquake much better than its aging counterpart which was damaged by the Loma Prieta temblor in 1989.
Own a "soft story building" in San Francisco? Expect to be hearing from the City of San Francisco over the next few months.
San Francisco's top officials say the city's Hall of Justice would be dangerously unstable in a powerful earthquake, but hundreds of city workers and jail inmates working and living there could have to wait more than a decade to move out.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 has rattled part of the Southern California coast.
Officials in a part of rural northeastern California that was shaken by a magnitude-5.7 earthquake last week are estimating that the temblor caused more than $1 million in damage.
Residents in rural northeastern California assessed damage to their homes and businesses Friday from a magnitude-5.7 earthquake, one of the strongest temblors to hit the densely forested region in decades.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake was widely felt as it rattled Northern California Thursday night, breaking dishes and shaking mirrors off walls. But authorities said there were no immediate reports of injury or serious damage.
