A 3.4-magnitude earthquake rattled the Northern California area, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 4-mile deep quake hit about 5 miles northeast of San Martin in the Santa Clara Valley at 12:35 ...

Any student of California history knows the story of the 1906 earthquake. San Francisco was torn apart by the quake itself, then ravaged by the fire that followed. California’s great city, a hub of ...

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Earthquakes in Maine, while fairly common, are usually small and do little or no damage. According to the Maine Geological ...