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What’s behind the more than 130 small earthquakes hitting Northern California

A series of more than 100 earthquakes has hit Northern California, shaking up the Geysers geothermal steam field in Sonoma ...

Earthquake swarm recorded near Northern California geothermal field

A series of moderate to minor earthquakes struck near the geologically active area in Northern California known as The ...

Few will remember this earthquake, but something far worse is looming

The Kamchatka Peninsula earthquake may not have brought the same devastation as previous shocks, but a far more deadly seismic event is looming for the US West Coast.

Tsunami-driven tides build in northern California

Tsunami activity continued to build in northern California as high tide approached Wednesday morning with maximum confirmed ...

Tsunami warning issued for California coast after 8.7 quake near Russia

The National Weather Service issued a tsunami watch for the West Coast after an earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka region on July 29.
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5.7-magnitude earthquake hits off Northern California coast

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (KABC) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 struck 17 miles west of Petrolia in Northern California on Wednesday. The quake hit shortly after 1 p.m.

These are the largest earthquakes on record and where this week’s quake ranks

The quake is the sixth-strongest on record, according to the United States Geological Survey. It’s also the largest since 2011, when a magnitude 9.1 quake shook Japan. WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore ...