A 5.1 magnitude earthquake centered near San Jose on Tuesday occurred along the Calaveras Fault, not the most active fault in the Bay Area. It was the strongest quake along that fault line since a ...

mainly due to the distance between its epicenter and the major Bay Area fault. "We could see a triggered earthquake within about 5 kilometers but no farther than that," she said. "Of course that's ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory could ‘revolutionize’ earthquake monitoring and provide researchers the ability to ...

DUBLIN, Calif. (KGO) -- From Napa to Santa Cruz, many Bay Area residents say they felt the big jolt of a 3.9 earthquake on the Calaveras fault in the East Bay. It struck at 7:46 p.m. Monday night ...

Point Reyes sits right on the San Andreas Fault. The Olema Valley landscape has healed, and the fault line has been ...

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake shook ... The Hayward fault is particularly dangerous because it runs through some of the most heavily populated parts of the Bay Area, spanning the length of the ...

Still, the USGS cautions, “we live in earthquake country and we should all be prepared for the next big quake.” The Bay Area’s major fault lines (Image courtesy USGS) Which Bay Area fault ...

SAN FRANCISCO – An earthquake shook parts of the San Francisco Bay Area early Monday morning. According to the U.S.

California has dozens of earthquakes every day. Most are below 3.0 magnitude, so small that they aren’t felt.