SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A short, sharp earthquake rattled the San Francisco Bay Area early Monday, breaking picture frames and cracking plaster without prompting reports of injuries or major damage. The magnitude-4.0
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal last April was the first example of a large continental “mega-thrust” rupture that was captured by a GPS network that measures ground motion. The Himalayas are the most seismically active, above-water mountain
COLUMBIA — New data point to an unsettling reality: South Carolina has the sixth-largest number of people exposed to potentially damaging earthquakes. The estimates come from updated U.S. National Seismic Hazard Maps, which predict where future
San Franciscans watching the morning news got a startling wake-up when a 4.0 earthquake in Piedmont, California, sent a jolt through Bay Area newsrooms Monday morning. “Oh my gosh, we're having an earthquake,”
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The East Bay Municipal Utility District announced Tuesday, following Monday's 4.0 earthquake in Piedmont, that nine water main lines were broken. Most have already been repaired, but questions are being asked about what