Los Angeles sits above an enormous bowl of sediment ... The desert megacity of Tehran in Iran also sits atop a geologic basin filled with river sediments, and there is growing concern about ...

Magnitude 3.9 earthquake hit Burbank on Sunday night, causing weak shaking across Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times reports. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the quake struck at 10:13 p.m.

“Weak shaking” may have been felt over a much broader region of Southern California, including the rest of the San Fernando Valley, the Los Angeles Basin and the San Gabriel Valley. A Burbank ...

Geology-induced complications Los Angeles ... Put another way, imagine the Los Angeles basin as a giant bowl of jelly – the dense rocky mountains and underlying rock make up the bowl, while ...