Stanford lies in the San Andreas fault zone, an area of high seismic activity. The San Andreas fault line runs 800 miles (1,287 kilometers) through California and has caused several strong quakes in ...

California has been rocked by at least nine earthquakes since Thursday, raising fears that the "Big One" could be near.

An earthquake shook portions of Coalinga and Avenal on Thursday afternoon, the USGS says.Prelimnary reports indicate it was a 4.4 magnitude.

Another in a series of small earthquakes struck near Hayward on Thursday afternoon following a morning of jolts, according to ...

The USGS earthquake tracker website reported the first earthquake of magnitude 2.7 much earlier Thursday morning at around ...

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Five minor earthquakes shook California on Thursday, including two rumbles just minutes apart in the San Francisco Bay area, ...

Did you feel them? At least four earthquakes, ranging from preliminary magnitudes 2.7 to 3.7, struck near Hayward on Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey ...

Did you feel it? Multiple earthquakes shook the Bay Area Thursday. They were recorded near Hayward, the USGS reported.

The epicenter for all the quakes was about one mile east of Hayward, in San Francisco's East Bay, according to the U.S.