A rare pair of powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela just a minute apart — killing at least 920 people — is raising new questions for Californians about whether a similar ...

According to a study by the US Geological Survey and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, earthquake damage costs the US ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People grieving on the streets of Belo Campo, Caracas, Venezuela (Carlos Becerra / For The Times) The first earthquake, measuring ...

California sits on an active plate boundary where the Pacific and North American plates grind past each other, producing frequent earthquakes.

Geologists are cracking open a mysterious fault found in a Northern California forest that they believe remains active and able to cause earthquakes — shortly after a powerful NorCal quake. The ...

A series of powerful earthquakes rocking Venezuela, Japan and Northern California within hours of each other has fuelled fears of a possible link, with scientists closely examining the rare sequence ...

A rare pair of powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela just a minute apart — killing at least 920 people — is raising new questions for Californians about whether a similar back-to-back quake could ...