A significant earthquake just hit the Los Angeles area, striking two miles southwest of Pasadena and felt through the nearby ...

Los Angeles was rocked by a significant tremor, with the epicenter located just two miles southwest of Pasadena, California. The US Geological Survey reported that the quake had a magnitude of 4.4 and ...

The quake centered in Kern County was shallow, making it more likely to be felt over a wide area, experts say.

Like most of California's coastline, San Diego lies right along the San Andreas Fault, which is one of the largest and most ...

New research reveals that Earth's days are gradually getting longer, and scientists explain the various factors behind this ...

Thursday's quake wrecked homes and businesses California is prone to earthquakes as it lies on a number of faults - regions where tectonic plates come together. Dr Jones told the Los Angeles Times ...

The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and transform, where plates move sideways ...

Disaster movies are a barometer of the national mood. In turbulent times, chaos wins: Leaders squabble, nuclear bombs plummet ...

Geology. The presence of oceans, continents and plate tectonics on Earth is most likely the reason there is no evidence for advanced extraterrestrial civilizations, according to new research by ...

Japan’s “major earthquake” warning has put much of the country on high alert, even as some experts cast doubt on whether such an advisory is necessary or accurate.

Newspaper wit Art Buchwald said that when you drive home in Los Angeles, your house may meet ... where the rock layers had been deformed by tectonic pressure into a perfect horseshoe), but ...

LOS ANGELES - Have you or someone you know ... gradually increasing due to a combination of factors. These include tectonic plate movements, changes in the Earth's inner core rotation, and ...