Alaska was jolted by a 7.3-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday afternoon. Tsunami information was not immediately available.

A fault line that could unleash a major earthquake is not where scientists thought it was. New research found the Concord Fault is about a quarter mile west of where it was originally mapped.

Scientists discover enormous pockets of salty brine beneath the Pacific Ocean, key to understanding periodic underwater ...

Yoon Lai, 62, pleaded not guilty in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom to one count each of murder involving his 56-year-old wife, Irene Gaw-Lai, and arson of an inhabited structure or property.

Yet San Francisco's ordeal had only begun. The violent trembling of the ground had hardly stilled when dozens of fires sparked by damaged chimneys and severed gas lines ignited throughout the stricken ...

Police are searching for the shooter after two people were shot and one was killed in the parking lot of Troy's Burgers in ...

The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, San Francisco shook violently. A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck just 2 miles off the coast. The ground moved in waves for nearly a ...

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Object Details Description one of first envelopes permitted free transmission from San Francisco, CA after the earthquake in April 1906 Date April 24, 1906 Object number 0.046037.1 Type Covers & ...

A 2.9-magnitude quake hit near Fairview in the San Francisco Bay Area, with over 800 people reporting it felt as far as West Sacramento and Santa Cruz.

A 2.9-magnitude quake hit near Fairview in the San Francisco Bay Area, with over 800 people reporting it felt as far as West Sacramento and Santa Cruz.