On Sunday, February 22, 2026, a 3.5-magnitude earthquake shook people in the South Bay and greater Los Angeles area. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) says that the earthquake happened at 9:40 p.m. local time and had its epicenter about 14 miles south-southwest of Rancho Palos Verdes.

INYO COUNTY, CA - According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a preliminary 2.0 magnitude quake occurred close to Big Pine Tuesday morning.

A moderate earthquake hit the Bay Area in California on Monday morning, at the start of Super Bowl 60 week. NFL reporters were on hand to experience it. ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter, out in California to cover the big game,

S. population is "somewhat likely" to experience a damaging earthquake in the coming decades, according to recently published seismic hazard models. Let's be real, most Americans think earthquakes only happen in California.

Levi's Stadium is built 'like a shock absorber.'

The jolt of seismic activity Monday was among the busiest of a swarm that began nearly 3 months ago. Until the quake Friday, an earthquake swarm that began Nov. 9 around San Ramon had delivered 91 earthquakes of magnitude 2.0 and above. But the swarm had slowed. There had been no quakes above 2.0 in the area since Jan. 10.

Earthquakes are unsettling, but a swarm of earthquakes can be downright scary, and some San Francisco residents are worried the Big One is near.

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake jolted San Ramon residents awake on Feb. 2, the strongest of 72 tremors that struck the city that day. According to the Southern California Earthquake Data Center, the earthquake swarm began at 6:27 a.

Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.