On Thursday, Rep. George Whitesides led a bipartisan effort to push federal appropriators to fully fund the construction, operation, and maintenance of the nation’s only public Earthquake Early Warning System (EEW), also called “ShakeAlert.” ShakeAlert serves over 50 million residents and visitors in California, Oregon, and Washington, providing advanced notice of impending earthquakes so residents in affected areas can take ...

New research from the California Institute of Technology (CalTech) has revealed that up to ten times more earthquakes strike California than originally thought, officials said. The new study revealed that on average, Southern California experiences 495 earthquakes per day, or an earthquake every three minutes. Scientists have long known that earthquakes increase in number as they decrease in strength. For ...

Santa Clarita sits less than 20 miles from the San Andreas Fault, one of the tectonic boundaries that causes major earthquakes, making the earthquake early warning  “ShakeAlert” app a vital tool for residents. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. “We often say here in Los Angeles that it’s not a question of ...