A map showing the seismic activity of the Napa Valley earthquake.

If you've ever wondered where — and why — earthquakes happen the most, look no further than a new map, which plots more than a century's worth of nearly every recorded earthquake strong enough ...

If you've ever wondered where — and why — earthquakes happen the most, look no further than a new map, which plots more than a century's worth of nearly every recorded earthquake strong enough ...

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Saturday’s magnitude 4.7 quake, which occurred nearly 60 miles outside of Elko, Nevada, was the strongest event out of more than a dozen earthquakes over the ...

Nine earthquakes were recorded in this area of South Carolina in 2024, but these are the first tremors of this year.

Did you feel it? Any time the earth shakes under our feet, it is a reminder that a big earthquake could strike the Bay Area any moment and we need to be ready for it. “We live in earthquake ...

See the latest USGS quake alerts, report feeling earthquake activity and tour interactive fault maps in SFGATE’s earthquake section.

A map showing the seismic activity of the Napa Valley earthquake.

The map shows earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or greater since 1898; each is marked in a lightning-bug hue that glows brighter with increasing magnitude.