KERN COUNTY, CA - at midday on Tuesday, a 3.1 magnitude quake was detected near Johannesburg, according to the U.S.

KERN COUNTY, CA - A 2.0 magnitude quake was recorded near Johannesburg Tuesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological ...

The 5.2-magnitude earthquake Tuesday night shook many parts of Southern California, bringing attention to an important aspect of seismic events: their depth. The temblor, which struck near Mettler in ...

On an early July morning in 1952, Kern County residents were shaken by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake. The initial quake and more than 20 aftershocks, many of them magnitude 5.0 or greater, left 12 people ...