San Mateo County launched its new Tsunami Hazard Area Dashboard on Monday as part of a broader effort to better prepare for ...

The Unseen Power Beneath Our Feet Beneath our feet lies a hidden world of incredible power. The Earth’s crust is a dynamic ...

Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...

For the first time in more than a decade, Cal Fire officials have released an updated fire hazard severity zone map for communities across the state.

Interactive map from the California Geological Survey shows the destruction potential of a tsunami wave in the Golden State.

A hardiness zone is a geographic area with a similar average minimum temperature. The map is based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature, so people in those areas know which plants can ...

Glenn Hamer explains the impact For Texas Regional Bank (TRB), growth in San Antonio means more than opening a branch… The Arc of San Antonio: The Arc’s mission is to enhance the lives of ...

What is a fault? A fault is a fracture or zone of fractures ... almost 750-mile San Andreas fault; running east through Hollister and toward Morgan Hill and East San Jose is the 76-mile Calaveras ...

A USGS map shows where in California 2.5 magnitude (or greater) earthquakes were recorded in the last seven days—the San Andreas Fault is represented as a thick red line. A USGS map shows where ...

A study looking at a small region in Japan has shown that the properties of fault zone rocks really matter for the generation of earthquakes. Earthquakes occur along fault lines between ...

But another force is also in the mix: the properties of the rocks in the fault zones along the plate interface. This includes both the structure of the rock as well as how the rocks are arranged ...