If passed, the screenings would impact owners of two types of buildings in San Francisco, which could need retrofit upgrades to become earthquake safe.

Below California's famed beaches, mountains and metropolitan areas lies a sinister web of earthquake faults—some so infamous ...

But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan ... If you live in a coastal area, don’t wait for an official ...

In addition to the risk from offshore earthquakes, recent studies show that Seattle and the greater Puget Sound area, with its four million people, is itself underlain by a network of faults in ...

Mostly clear. Slight chance of a shower along the coastal fringe, near zero chance elsewhere. Winds southerly 15 to 25 km/h tending southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late evening. Sun protection ...