All the headlines from our Earthquake Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 15 2015 // Alaska experienced a busy year underground in 2014, according to experts who record the state’s earthquakes.The Alaska Earthquake Information Center detected 40,686 quakes in the state and bordering parts of Canada,...
Jan 12 2015 // Southern Methodist University seismologists are installing more measuring equipment in a Dallas suburb as earthquakes continue to rattle North Texas.More localized seismometers in Irving are “the first step in...
Jan 8 2015 // Officials say Oklahoma had more earthquakes last year than in the past 30 years. The U.S. Geological Survey says 567 earthquakes with magnitudes of 3.0 or greater were registered in Oklahoma, making it the most seismically...
Jan 8 2015 // A cluster of small earthquakes has rattled a Dallas-area city over a two-day period.The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the temblors in the Irving area, including two in the morning on Jan. 7. No major damage or injuries...
Jan 6 2015 // A 3.7 magnitude earthquake has rattled the Guthrie area in central Oklahoma.The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was recorded at 3:37 p.m. Sunday about two miles south-southwest of the Logan County city. The USGS says...
Jan 5 2015 // A 4.9 magnitude earthquake in a remote Idaho county triggered rock slides that blocked some road lanes Saturday but did not cause any major damage or injuries.Hours later around midnight, quakes of magnitude 4.0 and 3.6...
Jan 2 2015 // The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting a 5.3 magnitude earthquake off the coast of northern California. The USGS says the quake was centered in the Pacific Ocean, about 70 miles west of Ferndale, California, and struck...
Dec 29 2014 // Two earthquakes have rattled parts of central Oklahoma.The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck in Logan County at about 2.30 p.m. on Christmas Day about three miles south of Guthrie and 30 miles...
Dec 29 2014 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.Natural hazards continue to pose a significant risk to properties in the United States and abroad. As we near the close of 2014, it is important to take time to consider...
Dec 23 2014 // The ground shakes violently and then a wall of salty, brine-shrimp-laden water crashes into the Utah State Prison. The cells of the state’s most dangerous inmates start to flood. Panicked Corrections officers must...
Dec 19 2014 // The sale of a Fireman’s Fund unit from Allianz SE to Ace Ltd. stands to further diminish an iconic U.S. insurance brand that dates to the 1800s.The buyer said Thursday that it will integrate the operation, which...
Dec 17 2014 // The California Earthquake Authority has a heady legislative agenda on-tap for 2015, and Californians without earthquake insurance coverage could be made to foot the bill.The CEA’s CEO, Glenn Pomeroy, on Wednesday...
Dec 16 2014 // California received funding to help begin an earthquake warning system across the state next year that would provide enough time for trains to brake, utilities to shut off gas lines and people to dive under a table until...
Dec 15 2014 // Insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result. Even a casual observer of the U.S. economy since its collapse in 2008 is likely familiar with the terms “toxic debt” and...
Dec 10 2014 // Mayor Eric Garcetti has proposed spending billions of dollars to better protect Los Angeles against a devastating earthquake by strengthening thousands of vulnerable older buildings and fortifying the city’s water...
Dec 8 2014 // The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 4.0 earthquake was recorded near Perkins, Okla., in Payne County on Dec. 4.The USGS says the earthquake occurred at 9:54 p.m. about four miles northwest of Perkins. The...
Dec 4 2014 // A brief issued on the August 2014 South Napa earthquake shows damage estimates of insured losses likely to be less than $100 million, yet total damages from the event approached $1 billion.Catastrophe modeling firm Karen...
Dec 3 2014 // Willis Re, the reinsurance division of Willis Group Holdings, the risk adviser, insurance and reinsurance broker, has released a new Japan Tsunami Model to advance the industry’s understanding of catastrophic tsunami...
Dec 2 2014 // A moderate earthquake that struck near Sedona, Ariz. was widely felt in the area. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-4.7 temblor struck shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday and was centered seven miles north of Sedona...
Dec 1 2014 // Kansas insurance agencies say they’ve been flooded with queries about earthquake coverage after a 4.8 magnitude temblor struck near Conway Springs on Nov. 12.“We have been getting calls all day,” said...