Earthquakes

The San Francisco area was jolted by a swarm of earthquakes Saturday morning.

UC Berkeley's Campus sits directly atop the Hayward Fault making it highly vulnerable to severe sharp shaking at any time.

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck Little Lake, California at 1:50 p.m. Thursday, according to the U.S.  Geological Survey. The earthquake was felt as far away as downtown Las Vegas, Nevada.

A 3.0-magnitude earthquake was reported at about 1:46 p.m. Sunday north of Soledad in Monterey County, according to the U.S. Geologic Survey. It was centered about four miles north northwest of Pinnacles.

A strong, shallow earthquake has struck eastern Indonesia's Maluku province, causing panic in several cities and villages. 

Two major earthquakes rattled parts of the Paciific Rim on Sunday.

NASA unveiled a striking rainbow map showing how much the Earth moved after Southern California’s recent major earthquakes.

The recent southern California earthquakes are a reminder that the big one could come at any time. Firefighters in Menlo Park want to make sure they're ready. Division Chief Manuel Navarro remembers how limited resources were back in 1989 during Loma Prieta.

Shaken residents are cleaning up from two of the biggest earthquakes to rattle California in decades as scientists warn that both should serve as a wake-up call to be ready when the long-dreaded "Big One" strikes.

Officials in two damaged desert communities worked Sunday to repair roads and restore utilities following the largest earthquake in Southern California in nearly two decades. Ridgecrest and neighboring Trona were hit hard by the magnitude 7.1 quake that rocked the remote Mojave Desert towns Friday.

Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami warning after a strong earthquake struck late Sunday night in the Molucca Sea between North Sulawesi and the Maluku archipelago.

Gov. Gavin Newsom says President Donald Trump has called him and expressed commitment to helping California recover from two earthquakes that hit the state in as many days. Speaking to reporters after touring the damage zone, Newsom said Saturday that he and Trump talked about the struggles California has been through, including two devastating wildfires that happened just six months ago.

A lot of people in Los Angeles were angry that the city's operational Earthquake Warning System did not alert them to shock waves coming from Thursday's 6.4 magnitude shaker in the Southern California desert, 150 miles away. The explanation: L.A.'s system was set to send out alerts if expected magnitude there was magnitude 5 or higher, which it never reached. It can easily be adjusted.

A strong earthquake struck a lightly populated area of Panama near its border with Costa Rica on Sunday, causing some wooden porches to collapse and products to shake from store shelves.

No Sal Casteneda, you're not going crazy. The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed your suspicion Friday night when they reported a magnitude 2.8 earthquake, 1.86 miles northeast of Oakland. 

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked southern Peru early Friday morning.

The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a magnitude 3.7 quake struck an area near Yountville early Sunday morning.

U.S. Geological Survey downgraded a small earthquake to 3.5 from 3.6 and an initial 3.8 Monday evening. The temblor was recorded at 7:18 p.m. at a distance of about 1.8 miles east-northeast of Oakland. 

Water agencies, once worried only about their own supplies and territories, now embrace mutual aid, especially for earthquakes and droughts.

Even without rescuing anyone from the rubble after Mexico's big earthquake, a photogenic yellow Labrador retriever named Frida has gained an international social media following.