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Earthquakes usually occur along fracture zones in Earth's crust, where large tectonic plates slide past one another and become locked. Stress builds up over long periods and is suddenly released in the form of an earthquake.

The mega-earthquake. It’s coming. We don’t know exactly when or how big it’s going to be, but it’s coming. It will be chaotic, and with millions of lives on the brink, California will be put to the ultimate test.

A series of offshore earthquakes shook near California's North Coast early Wednesday morning.

Residents in Brentwood, California, ma y have been rattled this morning after a 2.1-magnitude earthquake struck the middle of Round Valley Park. The United States Geological Survey captured the earthquake at about 9:10 a.m. about 6 miles from Brentwood, according to USGS data.

California could be due for a major earthquake in the near future, according to concerning new models based on a millennium of data.

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake shook off California's northern coast Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A leading insurer has warned that the reinsurance industry may be seriously underestimating earthquake losses because catastrophe models fail to account for a little-known phenomenon known as a