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

There could be hidden earthquake flaws in your single-family home in California — enough to be ruinous and possibly deadly in the next big earthquake. One of the dangers may come as a surprise to ...

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 ...

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 ...

(AP) — Dozens of people reported feeling an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 that struck off the southern coast ... coast that runs from Northern California to British Columbia.

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a 600-mile-long fault just off the coast that runs from Northern California to British Columbia. Tectonic stresses have been accumulating in the zone for more than ...