Latest Earthquake Headlines

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Kansas-Oklahoma Border Shaken by 3.7 Magnitude Quake

Oct 25 2019 // A 3.7 magnitude earthquake centered near the Kansas-Oklahoma border was felt as far as 75 miles away, but no injuries have been reported. The Kansas City Star reports that the temblor happened just after 4 p.m. Tuesday and...

Small Earthquake Confirmed Off Southern Oregon Coast

Oct 21 2019 // A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Oregon, The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The USGS mapped the earthquake about 96 miles off the coast of Port Orford, a small town in Curry County about 25...

Great California Shakeout on 30th Anniversary of Massive Loma Prieta Quake

Oct 15 2019 // Millions of Californians are expected to practice how to dropping, covering and holding on when the ground shakes during the Great California ShakeOut on Thursday at 10:17 a.m.The annual earthquake drill will coincide with...

Southeast Missouri Shaken by Magnitude 3.0 Earthquake

Oct 14 2019 // A small earthquake has been reported in southeastern Missouri.The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 3.0 earthquake occurred just before 8 a.m. Saturday and was centered about 2.7 miles (4 kilometers) southwest of...

Earthquake Warning App Coming to Washington Next Year

Oct 4 2019 // Washington state officials have announced an earthquake warning phone application is expected to be available for download October 2020.KING-TV reports that the app ShakeAlert was designed to send people an alert on how...

11 Earthquakes Recently Recorded in Kansas’ Jewell County

Oct 2 2019 // The Kansas Geological Survey reports 11 earthquakes were recorded in a northern Kansas county last weekend.The agency’s data shows the cluster of quakes struck north and east of Randall in Jewell County Saturday and...

Minor Earthquake Confirmed in Northern Utah’s Box Elder County

Sep 26 2019 // A minor earthquake shook was confirmed in parts of Box Elder County in northern Utah.County spokesman Mitch Zundel said there were many reports of people feeling the quake of magnitude 3.9 at 10:15 a.m. MDT on Tuesday, but...

Arkansas-Missouri Border Area Rattled by Earthquake

Sep 13 2019 // No damage or injuries have been reported after an early Thursday morning earthquake struck near the border of Missouri and Arkansas.The U.S. Geological Survey says the 3.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded early on Sept....

M5.0 Earthquake That Hit Alaska Was Felt in Capital City

Sep 3 2019 // The Alaska Earthquake Center confirmed that a magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit southern Alaska. It was felt by people in the state’s capital Juneau.The center confirmed the earthquake hit at 8:32 p.m. Saturday and had an...

Japan Quakes to Cost Insurance Industry $2B-$3B Annually: Karen Clark & Co.

Aug 30 2019 // For insurers and reinsurers, the 1995 Kobe earthquake produced $3 billion in insured property losses, but a repeat of a more devastating quake that happened 72 years earlier could bring $225 billion in industry losses.And...

M6.3 Earthquake Strikes off Oregon Coast

Aug 29 2019 // A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Thursday off the Oregon coast, but it didn’t generate a tsunami or cause any damage or injuries, authorities said.The epicenter of the quake, which hit just after 8 a.m., was located...

California Earthquake Authority Policy Sales Spiked After Ridgecrest Quakes

Aug 28 2019 // The California Earthquake Authority gained 23,861 earthquake insurance policies following the magnitude 6.4 and 7.1 earthquakes and aftershocks that struck on unnamed faults near Ridgecrest beginning on the July 4...

Top 15 Earthquake Insurance Companies

Aug 21 2019 // Earthquake coverage is available mostly from private insurance companies. In California homeowners can also get coverage from the California Earthquake Authority (CEA), a privately funded, publicly managed organization....

Pacific Northwest Earthquake-Warning System Gets Funding Boost

Aug 21 2019 // The U.S. Geological Survey is greatly increasing funding for the region’s seismic network, putting it on track to send public alerts of impending earthquake shaking within the next two years.The Seattle Times reports...

Earthquakes Rattle Parts of Oklahoma

Aug 13 2019 // No damage has been reported following a series of earthquakes that rattled parts of Oklahoma.The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded about 8:30 p.m. Sunday near Quinton, about 123 miles (198...

Ridgecrest Earthquakes Shake Up Californians, but How Bad Could it Be?

Aug 8 2019 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.Earthquake risk in California is no secret. For years scientists have been warning the state is overdue for a large damaging event. Nearly 30 years ago, the 1989 Loma...

Earthquake Repairs at Alaska Schools Could Top $150M

Aug 5 2019 // Repairs and upgrades at Anchorage, Alaska-area schools damaged last year’s big earthquake could cost more than $150 million, officials said.The Anchorage School District said the new estimate triples the original...

Well Stopped After Central Oklahoma Hit With 3.1 Magnitude Quake

Jul 29 2019 // An oil well operator is stopping operations following a small earthquake in central Oklahoma, the fourth such earthquake in less than three weeks. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission says Newfield/Encana paused a well...

Oregon Lagging on Disaster Preparedness, Scientists Warn

Jul 29 2019 // Oregon state lawmakers abandoned a multimillion-dollar project to develop early warning systems for earthquakes and wildfires, and scientists warn that the funding shake-up could endanger public safety and put Oregon...

Modeler Estimates Insured Losses from California Quakes Less Than $40M

Jul 24 2019 // A catastrophe modeler estimates the total loss from the 7.1 Magnitude and M6.4 earthquakes that struck near Ridgecrest, Calif., earlier this month will be about $200 million, not including infrastructure or damage to...