A magnitude 5.2 earthquake, centered about 18 miles southwest of Bakersfield, was felt across a wide swath of Southern California on Tuesday night. Its size rattled nerves but caused no major ...

Two dead oarfish have washed ashore in Southern California waters in the last few months. One was spotted in August and the ...

Beautiful beaches. Majestic mountains. Hollywood. One more thing Southern California is known for: earthquakes.

Southern California was hit by its strongest earthquake in two decades on Thursday. The epicentre of the 6.4 magnitude tremor was near the city of Ridgecrest, which is about 150 miles (240 km ...

More recently, the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake (magnitude 6.9) in Northern California caused 63 deaths and approximately $6 billion in damages. In Southern California, the 1994 Northridge ...

On Jan. 17, 1994, the ground started shaking and in less than ten seconds there was devastation all over Southern California. At the time, the Northridge earthquake was one of the world's most ...

While the San Andreas is the most famous, scientists know it’s not the only fault that can produce a powerful earthquake in Southern California. “Magnitude-7s are very possible in this region ...