Hours after reporting an earthquake under the Salton Sea, the USGS said the quake never happened and the false report came during a system test.

A 4.6 magnitude earthquake shook Southern California on Friday morning near the Salton Sea. According to the U.S. Geological ...

The US Geological Survey confirmed that the earthquake did not occur. "The posting was a result of an errant message sent during system testing," Paul Laustsen, public affairs for USGS, told News ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — A section of the Salton Sea was hit by a 4.6 magnitude earthquake Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred at 10:26 a.m. in a southern part ...

Haze hung over the Salton Sea on a recent winter day, while black-necked stilts and kildeer waded in the shallows, pecking at ...

While the earthquakes are not considered major, more than half of them hit along San Andreas, which spans 800 miles from Cape ...

At 1:57 p.m. Monday, a magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck six miles north-northeast of Ocotillo Wells and east of the Salton Sea in San Diego County. The quake was along the San Jacinto Fault and ...

The second hit in the Pacific Ocean, about 47 miles west of Petrolia, on the San Andreas fault that spans 800 miles from Cape Mendocino in the north to the Salton Sea in the south. This region ...

At 1:57 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, a magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 miles north-northeast of Ocotillo Wells and east of the Salton Sea in San Diego County. At 2:23 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, a magnitude ...

Fascinating and fetid, the Salton Sea in southern California lures me back, every year. Driving south from Utah, I take bits of historic Highway 66 and then skirt Joshua Tree National Park to ...