All the headlines from our Earthquake Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 29 2020 // A moderate earthquake, an aftershock of last week’s magnitude 7.8 quake off the Alaska Peninsula, occurred in the same region Monday, the Alaska Earthquake Center confirmed.The center said Monday’s quake had a...
Jul 27 2020 // Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced the release of its updated Earthquake Model for Australia.These updates were prompted by findings in the National Seismic Hazard Model from Geoscience Australia...
Jul 22 2020 // A minor earthquake struck a remote corner of Utah early Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The USGS reported that the magnitude 3.7 quake shook the desert at 3:44 a.m. local time. The epicenter was in...
Jul 17 2020 // Get ready for the big one.That’s a refrain Californians have heard for years, but this time one scientist is putting a number on it. There’s a 1% chance a big quake will strike next year on the Southern section...
Jul 6 2020 // A minor earthquake was felt throughout Alaska’s Cook Inlet region last week, and officials confirmed it was an aftershock of a more powerful earthquake that struck the Anchorage area 19 months ago.The Alaska...
Jul 6 2020 // In the past 10 years, the U.S. has seen 121 events produce damage in excess of $1 billion. Globally, this escalates with many more events around the world. From major hurricanes and floods, to annual severe weather,...
Jun 24 2020 // An earthquake rattled Central California Monday evening but no damage or injuries were immediately reported, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. A magnitude-4.6 temblor struck at 5:25 p.m. southeast of the community of...
Jun 23 2020 // A magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook northern Oklahoma on June 20 and was felt in parts of Tulsa as protesters filled the city’s downtown streets after President Donald Trump’s campaign rally. The U.S. Geological...
Jun 22 2020 // A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck central Nevada Friday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed.The temblor struck at 1:42 p.m. about 21 miles southeast of Mina, Nevada, in Esmeralda County’s Monte Cristo...
Jun 9 2020 // The California Earthquake Authority today released updated guidelines for identifying, evaluating and repairing residential earthquake damage wereThe guidelines were updated at CEA’s annual claim manager meeting....
Jun 5 2020 // A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has jolted the region of California desert where a powerful quake last summer was followed by thousands of aftershocks, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed.The USGS says Wednesday’s quake...
May 26 2020 // People in Kodiak City reported early Saturday that they felt a moderate earthquake that struck the Kodiak Island region, the Alaska Earthquake Center confirmed. The magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit at 12:52 a.m. Saturday and...
May 22 2020 // An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.0 shook a remote area of western Nevada Wednesday morning where a stronger temblor occurred last week, The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. Nye County sheriff’s Capt. David...
May 18 2020 // The cracked main highway between Las Vegas and Reno reopened Friday, 10 hours after a predawn magnitude 6.5 earthquake that a researcher called the largest to strike the remote area of western Nevada in 65 years.No...
May 15 2020 // An increase in seismic activity around the youngest Hawaii volcano poses no immediate danger to the Big Island, geologists said.The U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said more than 100 earthquakes were...
May 12 2020 // A moderate earthquake shook a remote desert area east of San Diego Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The magnitude 4.5 quake struck at 3:07 p.m. and...
May 4 2020 // Fault lines along the Wasatch Front in north-central Utah are much bigger than initially thought, a study said.The Utah Department of Natural Resources released new maps accompanied with a four-year study showing there is...
Apr 29 2020 // The California Catastrophe Response Council, which oversees the Wildfire Fund, has formally named the California Earthquake Authority the fund’s administrator.The Wildfire Fund was established by the California...
Apr 27 2020 // A magnitude-3.1 earthquake struck in southern Oregon near Ashland, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. Just before 10 a.m. Friday, the quake rumbled about 10 miles southwest of Ashland at a depth of 1.6 miles, according...
Apr 23 2020 // An earthquake rattled Croatia’s capital, a month after a stronger tremor left Zagreb in need of $6 billion for renovation, adding to a growing list of costs as the European Union battles the coronavirus.The...