Northern California’s coast keeps you on alert, even on quiet days. Offshore, three tectonic plates meet near Humboldt County ...

On a quiet stretch of central California ranchland, scientists have spent decades trying to turn one of Earth’s most ...

Whether you’re looking to tour historic landmarks, learn some gardening skills or explore the local flora and fauna, you’ll find plenty of opportunities on the Peninsula. Check out our October home & ...

For generations, scientists believed that the West Coast’s two great earthquake engines — the Cascadia subduction zone and the San Andreas fault — operated on separate geologic stages. One dives, one ...

A new report studied a massive earthquake that ruptured in the southeast Asian country of Myanmar on March 28 — on a fault known for being eerily similar to California’s notorious San Andreas fault.

They are two of the West Coast’s most destructive generators of huge earthquakes: The San Andreas fault in California and the Cascadia subduction zone offshore of California’s North Coast, Oregon, ...

Workers check damage to Interstate 880 in Oakland after it collapsed during the Loma Prieta earthquake in October 1989. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press) They are two of the West Coast's most ...

The United States has a habit of showcasing its geology. Long before cities and highways showed up, forces beneath the ...