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.

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

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 ...

There is a sea in the California desert, just 50 miles south of Palm Springs. Created over 100 years ago, the Salton Sea is a man-made body of water that was a popular tourist attraction in the ...

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 ...

Every now and then, a movie slips through the cracks and it’s safe to say that The Salton Sea is one of them. Part crime thriller, part fever dream, it lunges viewers into a world of meth-fueled ...

Last week's swarm occurred about 18 miles southeast of Mexicali in Baja California ... part of the region — directly beneath ...