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String of earthquakes rattles L.A.: Are they telling us something bigger?
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoSouthern California was recently rattled by several small earthquakes. They produced minor shaking...
A Section of the San Andreas Fault Is Waking Up
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoA Section of the San Andreas Fault Is Waking UpLloyd Cluff - Getty Images Earthquakes are notoriously hard to predict, but one consistent earthquake in...
Fault along L.A., O.C. coast could unleash huge earthquake on scale of San Andreas, study shows
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoEarlier estimates said the fault zone could generate up to a magnitude 7.4 earthquake, but a new...
California hasn't seen a catastrophic earthquake recently. But 'quiet' period won't last
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe San Andreas fault is capable of magnitude 7.8 earthquakes. Two have occurred twice in recent...
Why hasn't L.A. seen a big San Andreas quake recently? Researchers find a clue
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe receding shoreline of the Salton Sea in the Coachella Valley is seen in April. (Brian van der...
Magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattles San Francisco Bay Area, the largest to strike the region in years
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattled the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday, shaking buildings and...
California fault zone could trigger devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake, says study
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoA fault zone which runs 70 miles along the coast of Los Angeles has the potential to trigger an...
Could Turkey's deadly quakes be followed by more in the Middle East?
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoEmergency crews search for people in the rubble of a destroyed building in Adana in southern Turkey...
Supershear earthquakes are super powerful, and a lot less rare than previously thought
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoNew research finds that violent supershear earthquakes are more common than previously believed,...
Deadly earthquakes have hit Turkey before: Why there? Could a similar quake strike the US?
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoRescue workers continue recovery efforts in Turkey and Syria after a devastating series of...