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Loma Prieta has become an event of the distant past, while future tectonic disasters are sorely overlooked." With a record 15 seismic earthquake sequences occurring in Southern California just this ...

Last week, about 60 miles off the coast near Ferndale, California, the tectonic plates shifted under the Pacific Ocean, sending seismic waves through the ocean floor that radiated onto land and were ...

How did we do on Thursday morning Dec. 5? It’s still early in the assessment process, but I would say we have much room for ...

Thursday's tsunami scare gives Oregonians an opportunity to evaluate their preparedness, according to the Oregon Department ...

Scientists have warned that the major earthquake that rocked California on Thursday is a wake-up call to prepare for a future ...

After this week’s warning triggered by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake off the coast of Northern California, one expert said the ...

Scientists have warned that the major earthquake that rocked California on Thursday is a wake-up call to prepare for a future ...

"It's good for research... and it does get us excited," said a local expert as he broke down Thursday's 7.0 magnitude quake that struck off Northern California's coast ...

The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 10:44 a.m., was under the Pacific Ocean, about 65 miles off the coast of Eureka ...

The worst tsunami to hit the Bay Area was triggered in 1964 by a magnitude 9.2 earthquake in Alaska, Geist says, that killed ...