Today the Golden State will host the third annual Great California Shakeout. A total of 8.6 million Californians are participating in the earthquake preparedness drill. School children and office workers will practice basic quake survival skills by crawling under their desks and holding onto their desks or chairs. more ›

Many Southern California hospitals near the San Andreas Fault aren't prepared for the Big One, according to an investigation by the California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting. more ›

This morning a 3.2 quake hit the area 8 miles northeast of Santa Clarita at 11:23 a.m. Let us know if you felt it. more ›

Experts are still trying to figure out what would cause a tree to fall on a woman's car while she waited at a stoplight in Costa Mesa. One theory being floated to explain the tragic and freaky accident is that Thursday morning's 3.5 rattler might have loosened the tree. more ›

On the heels of yesterday's 4.1 earthquake that shook Riverside, a magnitude 3.5 rattled Orange County at 2:56am on Thursday. more ›

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake rattled the Riverside area at 7:44 Wednesday morning. The quake was centered 5 miles SSW from Yucaipa. more ›

It's not your imagination, the earth is still shaking in the Valley after Thursday's 4.2 quake. more ›

No, that wasn't your stomach rumbling if you forgot to eat lunch, that was indeed a magnitude 4.3 earthquake that hit the Los Angeles area at 1:47 this afternoon. more ›

City Controller Wendy Greuel isn't missing an opportunity to take a critical look at Los Angeles' emergency response plans after Hurricane Irene took most of the East Coast out of commission this weekend. She has announced an audit of L.A.'s current emergency disaster preparedness plans. more ›

We may be 3,000 miles away from the apocalyptic events that are bombarding the Northeast (now some experts thing that in addition to earthquakes and hurricanes, tornadoes may make their way through the area), but we're not wholly unaffected: most flights heading east have been cancelled because of Hurricane Irene, reports CBS News. Air traffic control has been suspended as of 10:00 p.m. GMT last night at five airports in the New York area, including JFK and LaGuardia, and Logan International Airport in Boston is reporting numerous cancellations. more ›

After today's 5.9 earthquake shook the east coast, we received a mildly alarming news release from L.A. County entitled, "COUNTY RESIDENTS ENCOURAGED TO BE PREPARED FOR NEXT BIG ONE." Ok, Angelenos. Prepare. But how? more ›

Hey LBCers? Did you feel the earth move under your feet a few minutes ago? A 3.2 magnitude earthquake hit 2 miles SSE of Long Beach (that's 20 miles SSE of the L.A. Civic Center) at 2:45 this afternoon, according to the USGS. more ›

Another small earthquake rattled today, measuring 3.2 magnitude and a little bit closer to home. The latest shake happened at 12:25 on Sunday of the Palos Verdes coast in the Channel Islands region, according to the USGS. more ›

A shallow 3.1 magnitude earthquake may have shaken up parts of northern LA County when it hit at 2:16 a.m. on Sunday, according to the USGS. more ›

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake was reported at 8:22 a.m. Thursday along the California-Mexico border between Calexico and Mexicali, according to the U.S. Geological Service. The quake was followed by a half-dozen aftershocks measuring up to 3.0 over the course of the morning. more ›

Did you feel it? A small earthquake rattled near Downtown Los Angeles in the witching hour last night. The 3.4 quake shook at 12:11 a.m., and was centered about a mile from Willowbrook, and about nine miles south of the Los Angeles Civic Center. more ›

Federal regulators, concluding their first inspection of the San Onofre nuclear generating station following the events that unfolded at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, deemed the San Onofre nuclear generating station at "extremely low risk of a meltdown in an earthquake," reports the Daily Breeze. more ›

The 9.0 magnitude Japanese earthquake and tsunami that hit Northern Japan last month has left the media's collective memory and most front-page headlines, but help and assistance is still needed. A number of local benefits tonight and on Tuesday aim to help the Japanese people—all we have to do is listen to music or eat, drink, shop and be merry. more ›

A 7.1-magnitude aftershock struck off northeast coast of Japan this morning, roughly 50 miles east of Sendai, Honshu, the same area that was devastated in last month's 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Earlier this morning a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Southern Mexico, in the state of Veracruz. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. more ›

An oceanographer who collects flotsam on Washington's Pacific Coast predicts that flotsam and debris from last month's tsunami in Japan could be hitting our shores within a year. "If you put a major city through a trash grinder and sprinkle it on the water, that's what you're dealing with," Curt Ebbesmeyer, a retired oceanographer and Seattle-based consultant for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration explained. more ›

"Have you heard the Awesome news? - The End of the World is Almost Here!" Forget about 2012. Actually, forget about the second half of 2011. Some Biblical devotees believe that we are due for a Judgment Day, and that day is May 21st. A billboard campaign mounted by Oakland, California-based Family Radio Worldwide has been launched, and Angelenos are being urged to "save the date" for, well, the end of the world. more ›

A small earthquake rumbled near Malibu last night, and was reported as felt by residents in Thousand Oaks. The earthquake had a 3.3 magnitude, and struck at 11:26 p.m. Monday, according to data from the USGS. "A dispatcher at Los Angeles County Sheriff's station said they received "several calls" from people in the Malibu area claiming their heard two sonic booms," reports NBC Los Angeles. more ›

Volunteers raised money for the Japanese Red Cross' earthquake and tsunami relief efforts outside City Hall on Thursday. And if the flashing "Tsunami Relief Effort" sign in front of the building wasn't enough to get passerbys to crack open their wallets, Darin Furukawa was there in full superhero Red Cross samurai garb. more ›

A disaster like last week's massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami in Japan will provoke not only sympathy and outreach from Angelenos, but also signals a need to be aware and prepared for what a tsunami could mean for us here. To that end, the City of Los Angeles has released a set of three guides for each of three coastal regions that explain what a tsunami is, and how locals can be prepared and survive. more ›

Operators at Leslie Nielsen's favorite domed coastal facility, the San Onofre nuclear plant, are doing their best to reassure residents that the terrifying nuclear events currently unfolding in Japan will not happen here. Southern California Edison operates the station, and according to a spokesman, "the 84-acre generating station in the northern corner of San Diego County is built to withstand a magnitude 7.0 earthquake," reports LA Now. more ›

The San Diego-based aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan was sent to the waters off Japan as part of the U.S.'s humanitarian aid effort, however now the vessel has been ordered to re-position itself because of a safety threat to those on board. Following the first explosion at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, "low levels of radiation were detected in the air and flight deck," according to LA Now. more ›

In Crescent City, where damage is estimated to top $25 million, repeated surges, some nearing eight feet, tossed boats and left one person dead. The man swept out to sea while photographing the waves has been identified as Dustin Weber, 25, believed to be from Bend, Oregon, reports KTLA. more ›

The cast of the upcoming installment of the "Twilight" trilogy (er, tetralogy?) were forced off Vancouver Island early this morning due to the tsunami warning triggered by the magnitude 8.9 earthquake in Japan. But the evacuation of cast members, which included Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner did not go down without drama. more ›