A massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake has killed at least 1,650 people in Myanmar and Thailand, leaving the region reeling as rescuers pick through vast piles of rubble to find missing people.

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 ...

Richardson Bay is a natural harbor that on maps resembles a cartoon fish chomping into the Marin County peninsula. It is ...

For years, San Francisco has been compiling a preliminary list of nearly 4,000 concrete buildings at risk of collapsing in a ...

City leaders formed the San Francisco Relief Committee, which, aided by the U.S. Army, organized refugee camps and built ...

The 5.2 quake was centered near Julian. There were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries but some residents ...

The earthquake risk at Scott Dam may be a key factor in PG&E’s decision to abandon the Potter Valley Project.

When he's not covering science and tech, Andrew is hard at work trying to become the first Pulitzer Prize winner for cat-related journalism. He lives in San Francisco, where he keeps an up-to-date ...

Alameda County, Mendocino County, San Bernadino County, and San Mateo County are all featured in the top 10, at fifth, seventh, ninth, and 10th respectively. The largest cities in each respectively ...