A small town in California was hit by earthquakes once every 22 years for over a century, setting the stage for a major ...

Scientists link a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that shook Humboldt Bay, California, 71 years ago to the "locked" Cascadia Subduction Zone. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Earthquakes happen due to sudden movement of tectonic plates and stress release along fault lines beneath the Earth’s crust.