Los Angeles could be edging closer to “the big one,” with new research finding earthquake stress has reached its highest ...

Record stress along the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults could trigger a major earthquake around Los Angeles.

The San Andreas fault and a neighboring fault in Southern California have reached their highest levels of tectonic stress in 1,000 years, and a rupture at one fault could propagate to the other, ...

Scientists can’t predict when a major earthquake will happen; however, a new study shows that geological conditions for a ...

Stress on the San Andreas Fault system has reached a 1,000-year high, according to new research from the University of Hawaii ...

New research finds the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems are in a “critically loaded” state, with stress levels that ...

Bridget Smith-Konter is a Northern Arizona University researcher who studies the San Andreas fault. And her newest research ...

Venezuela and its capital, Caracas, were rocked by two massive earthquake pulses on June 24, 2026, just seconds apart. The ...

What does that mean for earthquake risk?

Twin earthquakes like those that ripped through the region are unusual but not unheard of. Scientists are already gathering ...