N​early 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake, according to a recently updated USGS map.

The Great Rift in East Africa is one of the few spots on Earth being actively separated by tectonic activity and will ...

A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure ...

The Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (CRESCENT), a research project focused on the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ), was established in 2023 following a $15 million grant from the National Scie ...

While scientists can measure stress building up along fault lines, it’s impossible to know exactly when it will trigger an earthquake. We all have our faults, but the Earth’s crust is full of ...

Firefighters are still battling two massive wildfires in Los Angeles on Monday afternoon as a new fire ignited near San Diego as strong winds returned to southern California. Newsweek reached out ...

There’s been a whole lot of shaking going on as a trio of earthquakes struck Monday in San Bernardino and Riverside counties. The latest was a preliminary 3.1 magnitude earthquake at 11:55 p.m ...

You can see the full map of evacuation orders and warnings here. A temporary evacuation point has been set up at Castle Creek Country Club, located at 8797 Circle R Drive in Escondido, according ...

The deadly fires, two of the most destructive on record in California, started Jan. 7 on a day of extremely high fire danger due to a Santa Ana windstorm. More than 27 deaths have been reported in ...

According to a new study, California in particular has several cities where the middle class appears to thriving. MoneyGeek analyzed over 600 cities in the U.S. and found that the middle class is ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom responded to President Trump’s claims that California was “without a token of defense” as firefighters continue to contain the deadly wildfires that broke out in Los ...