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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 ...

Why are there so many earthquakes at The Geysers Northern California geothermal field?

An earthquake swarm in Northern California early Thursday was another round of recurring temblors in a seismically active ...

More than 100 earthquakes shake Northern Calif. in overnight swarm

More than 100 small earthquakes have been recorded near the Geysers geothermal field in Northern California since just after ...

Two earthquakes, magnitudes 4.0 and 3.9, shake in Northern California

Two earthquakes struck different parts of Northern California early Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey ...

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.
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Raw footage of earthquake and damage from Northern California

While California is no stranger to earthquakes, this 6.1-magnitude event was the largest to hit the region since the 1989 Loma Prieta quake that had a magnitude of 6.9.
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5.7-magnitude earthquake hits off Northern California coast

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 struck 17 miles west of Petrolia in Northern California on Wednesday.

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 ...

Southern California rocked by more earthquakes Aug. 6 — here's the biggest and how many

Multiple earthquakes shook Southern California hours after a tremor was felt on the East Coast on Aug. 5, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey.