But that hasn't happened since 1906! In Southern California, it's been even longer. Some researchers say the last major earthquake on the southern part of the San Andreas Fault was over 300 years ago.

A near-certain disaster looms for California, but there are real things people can do to prepare. Here's what to know about ...

California's continuous temblor risk coincides with a huge earthquake ... authorities said. No earthquake-related injuries or major damages were reported. Goulet said if the quake had been ...

dramatically increasing the risk of flooding, according to a new study. The research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), found that a major earthquake—greater ...

Tsunamis pose a risk to the entirety of the California coast. But should a major one strike, how bad could it be?

Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s ...

California's earthquakes are far more likely to be "overdue" compared with earthquakes in the rest of the world.

The last major earthquake hit on October 21 ... "We've made significant progress in California to reduce seismic risk, including retrofit programs for highway bridges, initiatives to harden ...

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit off the Northern California ... if and when a major Cascadia quake strikes, there won’t be time for an official warning for high-risk coastal areas along ...

What could the impact of another major earthquake mean for San ... 7.8 magnitude earthquake were to strike Southern California. The risk of an earthquake hitting the San Diego area rests on ...

California's continuous temblor risk coincides with a huge earthquake ... authorities said. No earthquake-related injuries or major damages were reported. Goulet said if the quake had been ...