The 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake, which struck east of downtown Los Angeles on a branch of the Puente Hills, was a magnitude 5.9 that killed eight people and caused $358 million in property ...

Los Angeles was likely too far away from Monday’s epicenter for anyone to feel the quake’s “P” wave — the first type of shaking wave an earthquake generates, in which the rock vibrates ...

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake rumbled underneath Los Angeles on Monday, less than a week after a bigger one jolted much of Southern California.. The U.S. Geological Survey placed the epicenter of ...

In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake ...

A preliminary 3.6 magnitude earthquake struck near Los Banos, according to the United States Geological Survey.

LOS ANGELES — A 4.4 magnitude earthquake was strongly felt Monday afternoon from the Los Angeles area all the way to San Diego, swaying buildings, rattling dishes and setting off car alarms, but ...