The New Mexico earthquake struck hours after a 4.8-magnitude earthquake was reported in Portugal on Monday (February 17), according to the United States Geological Survey. The ear ...

In this week's Letters to the Editor, readers pen concerns about pedestrian safety, urge Alameda to prepare for an earthquake ...

Stanford lies in the San Andreas fault zone, an area of high seismic activity. The San Andreas fault line runs 800 miles (1,287 kilometers) through California and has caused several strong quakes in ...

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

Seismologists are monitoring California's fault lines for the 'Big One,' a major earthquake that could cause widespread ...