Elephants at San Diego Zoo Safari Park formed an alert circle to protect their young as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit the region Monday morning.

That strain accumulates over decades and centuries, and is eventually unleashed in the form of earthquakes around that tectonic plate boundary. The Elsinore is a very long fault. The longer the ...

When an earthquake strikes, humans duck and cover. But elephants get in formation. African elephants at the San Diego Zoo instinctively formed a protective circle around its youngest family ...

The elephants quickly encircled the two calves when the shaking began, and remained in formation for about four ... “That was the biggest earthquake I’ve felt since moving to San Diego.” ...

Video from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park shows a herd of African elephants respond to the movement during Monday’s magnitude ...

The moment was caught on the camera as the quake rocked Southern California, offering a rare glimpse at how elephants react to danger. In the footage, the large mammals run around initially, then ...

The zoo reported the herd returned to normal behavior a few minutes after the earthquake, though they continued to remain close.

The herd remains in formation through the end of the video, facing outward with ears extended, as if on high alert for threats. The earthquake, which struck around 10 a.m. on Monday, had its ...

The Safari Park captured the herd's defensive formation on camera as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake rattled the region, sending shock waves through the elephant enclosure and across Southern California.