San Francisco recorded another powerful earthquake Thursday, adding to an already decent history of similarly strong quakes in the area.

Remote sections along California’s massive San Andreas Fault, where large earthquakes regularly occur, may be primed to shake ...

Recent earthquakes that have shaken California may be a result of a Southern California fault line considered even more dangerous than the San Andreas fault. Los Angeles was rattled by a 4.4 ...

While the San Andreas Fault—California's primary fault line—is not prone to generating major tsunamis, other offshore faults and underwater landslides could pose a localized tsunami risk.

"If a fault is creeping, that means there is less movement to be accommodated in an earthquake." Creep is relatively common among California faults, including the San Andreas fault, which ...