All the headlines from our Earthquake Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 25 2017 // Alaska averages 40,000 earthquakes per year, with more large quakes than the other 49 states combined, and America’s shakiest state is about to have its ground examined like never before.A federal agency that...
May 23 2017 // Swiss Re Capital Markets Corp. has successfully structured and placed the issuance of $925 million of insurance-linked securities for the California Earthquake Authority. Swiss Re Capital Markets underwrote the transaction...
May 16 2017 // Two small earthquakes recorded in Oklahoma by the U.S. Geological Survey bring to a dozen the number of temblors recorded in the state during the weekend.A 2.9 magnitude quake was recorded at 2:24 a.m. Sunday near Red Rock...
May 15 2017 // The California Earthquake Authority has created an online tool to help home inspection specialists evaluate a house’s vulnerability to earthquake damage. The online tool, QuakeGrade, uses information entered by an...
May 10 2017 // A magnitude 4.3 earthquake hit the Andreanof Islands on the far western end of Alaska’s Aleutian chain.The National Earthquake Information Center says that at 8:36 p.m. local time the earthquake hit a spot about 72...
May 8 2017 // The California Earthquake Authority has created an online tool to help home inspection specialists evaluate a house’s vulnerability to earthquake damage. The online tool, QuakeGrade, uses information entered by an...
May 8 2017 // Palomar Specialty Insurance Co. has partnered with AAA Club Alliance to offer residential earthquake insurance, starting in Oklahoma.According to AAA Oklahoma Vice President of Insurance Russ Iden more than half of the...
May 8 2017 // The Alaska Earthquake Center reports that a magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck in the Kenai Peninsula region of Alaska. Officials say the moderate quake was felt in the Anchorage area. No damage was reported from the quakes,...
May 8 2017 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.For nearly the past decade, the growing number of earthquakes in Oklahoma has gained widespread attention. As described in the CoreLogic® Insights Blog Earthquake Risk:...
May 5 2017 // Alaska might lose its 24/7 earthquake monitors due to budget cuts.The Juneau Empire reported that as of March 1, more than 25 percent of the Alaska Regional Seismic Network has been offline. Since 2013, staff has decreased...
Apr 18 2017 // All Risks, Ltd. has introduced a new Specialty Property Earthquake Program with an exclusive A.M. Best “A” rated carrier.The Specialty Property Earthquake Program provides difference in conditions insurance,...
Apr 17 2017 // Natural disasters can strike at any time, often without warning, and devastate cities, regions, states and countries.Nature Unleashed, a new exhibit at the Indiana State Museum, aims to help Hoosiers understand why...
Apr 17 2017 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against three oil and gas companies over Oklahoma’s ongoing earthquakes.The lawsuit, filed last year on behalf of Sierra Club Oklahoma, asked for a reduction of production...
Apr 13 2017 // An early warning system for earthquakes has been expanded to Oregon and Washington, joining California in testing a prototype that could give people seconds or up to a minute of warning before strong shaking begins.The...
Apr 12 2017 // Natural disasters can strike at any time, often without warning, and devastate cities, regions, states and countries.Nature Unleashed, a new exhibit at the Indiana State Museum, aims to help Hoosiers understand why...
Apr 7 2017 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against three oil and gas companies over Oklahoma’s ongoing earthquakes.The lawsuit, filed last year on behalf of Sierra Club Oklahoma, asked for a reduction of production...
Apr 3 2017 // A pair of Congressmen from California in late March introduced the Earthquake Mitigation Incentive and Tax Parity Act of 2017 to exclude incentives for residential seismic retrofits from federal taxation.The act was...
Apr 3 2017 // Oklahoma experienced fewer earthquakes last year compared with 2015 and a recent study of human-induced earthquakes predicts another year of reduced seismicity for the state in 2017.The U.S. Geological Survey warns,...
Mar 31 2017 // Oklahoma experienced fewer earthquakes last year compared with 2015 and a recent study of human-induced earthquakes predicts another year of reduced seismicity for the state in 2017.The U.S. Geological Survey warns,...
Mar 27 2017 // The U.S. Geological Survey reports a magnitude 4.0 earthquake and three smaller temblors have struck Oklahoma.The survey reported that the magnitude 4.0 quake hit on March 25 south of Medford in north-central Oklahoma....