The San Andreas Fault runs nearly the entire length of California, a sliding boundary between tectonic plates. Its history is one of violent ruptures — earthquakes that have reshaped towns, destroyed ...

In the Bay Area, BART plans to automatically slow down its trains and have them come to a brief stop, as the system is ...

Pete Kelsey's digital twin project creates most comprehensive 3D map of Alcatraz using drones, LiDAR, and reality capture tech.

A major earthquake hasn't struck any of California's biggest cities in more than three decades, but the "Big One" is a matter ...

The Helena Valley sits atop a variety of different sediments and rocks, making it particularly susceptible to earthquake ...

The most widespread way is through Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), which sends loud alerts to all cellphones. If an ...

These are two very different fault systems, but the sediment record suggests that in the past, at least three San Andreas ...

San Andreas, Cascadia faults could combine to produce back-to-back earthquake disasters, new research suggests – Nation and ...

With the Great ShakeOut earthquake drill approaching, new research suggests a potential link between two major fault lines ...

Scientists from Oregon State University studying sediment layers in the Pacific Ocean have discovered that two of the most ...

OSU researchers find Cascadia Subduction Zone and San Andreas Fault may be synchronized — with the potential for quakes on ...