A preliminary 2.7 magnitude earthquake struck near Santa Rosa, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The various idiosyncrasies of minor earthquakes make them hard to forecast, but the aspects of very large temblors might be ...

California has been rocked by at least nine earthquakes since Thursday, raising fears that the "Big One" could be near.

From the desert to the sea to all of Southern California, the ground keeps shaking in the Golden State, this time in Barstow.

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The earthquake was centered in Whites City at a depth of 6.5 kilometers (about 4.0 miles). The USGS said it received 70 ...

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Fire- and storm-ravaged Malibu, Calif., endured two relatively minor earthquakes followed by another in Idyllwild Saturday ...

A 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Malibu at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, following a 3.7 quake that hit the same area just before midnight, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A magnitude-3.5 earthquake was reported Saturday afternoon in the San Jacinto Mountains in Riverside County. The quake at ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.5, the third above 3.0 in Southern California in the last several hours, struck the Inland Empire on Saturday afternoon. According to the U.S.