Latest Earthquake Headlines

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Alaska Hosts Plate Tectonics Research Effort

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...

Swiss Re Places $925M Cat Bond for California Earthquake Authority

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...

Dozen Earthquakes Reported in Oklahoma, Including a 4.2 Mag

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...

Earthquake Authority Creates Online Home Vulnerability Evaluator

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...

Quake Strikes Western End of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands

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...

California Earthquake Authority Creates Online Home Vulnerability Evaluator

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...

Palomar Specialty, AAA Club to Offer Earthquake Insurance in Oklahoma

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...

Quakes Strike Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, Aleutian Islands

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,...

Oklahoma Earthquake Risk: What a Difference Year Makes

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:...

Alaska’s 24/7 Earthquake Monitors on Budget Chopping Block

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...

All Risks Launches Commercial Earthquake Program

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,...

Museum in Indiana Exhibit Explains Why Natural Disasters Occur

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...

Earthquakes Lawsuit Against Oklahoma Energy Companies Dismissed

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...

Oregon, Washington Testing Early Quake Warning System

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...

Indiana Museum Exhibit Explains Why Natural Disasters Occur

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...

Oklahoma Earthquakes Lawsuit Against Energy Companies Dismissed

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...

2 California Congressmen Introduce Earthquake Mitigation Tax Incentives

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...

USGS Forecasts Lower Overall Seismic Hazard for Oklahoma in 2017

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,...

USGS Lowers Seismic Hazard Forecast for Oklahoma in 2017

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,...

Another Mag 4.0 Quake, 3 Smaller Ones Strike Oklahoma

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....