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Study Finds Southern California Faults Show Record Stress, Raising Big-One Concerns

Higher stored stress in key fault segments could make a large San Andreas rupture more likely to spread, threatening critical infrastructure.

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Three Small Earthquakes Strike Near Cloverdale in Sonoma County

3.7-Magnitude Quake Rattles San Benito County

Venezuela Struck by Rare Earthquake Doublet That Devastated Northern Towns

Study Finds Southern San Andreas and San Jacinto at 1,000-Year High Stress

2.4-Magnitude Quake Rattles Harford County Near Bel Air

Study Finds Mangatangi Fault Near Auckland Is Active and Could Produce a Magnitude 6.8 Quake

Scientists Confirm Deep 'Continental Mantle' Earthquakes Under Wyoming Craton

Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake Strikes Near Calama, Chile

Moderate Quake Rattles Western Nevada Near Silver Springs

Magnitude 5.7 Quake South of Crete Triggers Civil Protection Alert

Judge Voids Sugarloaf Mountain Zipline License and Imposes R$30 Million Penalty

Magnitude 4.1 Quake Near Fosdinovo Jolts Tuscany and Eastern Liguria

Deep Earthquake Off Naples Felt Across Italy as Rail Checks Delay Trains

USGS Reports 4.1 Quake Near Bandar Abbas During Escalating U.S.–Israel–Iran Conflict

Twin Quakes Shake Campi Flegrei Before Dawn, M3.1 and M2.9 a Minute Apart

Magnitude 3.1 Quake Rattles San Ramon, Extends East Bay Swarm

India Rewrites Earthquake Code, Puts Entire Himalayas in New Highest-Risk Zone

Quake Near Chitral Reported as M4.0 by PMD, M3.6 by India’s NCS

Magnitude 3.7 Quake Strikes Afghanistan in Ongoing Seismic Cluster