All the headlines from our Earthquake Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 1 2014 // Experts say a bigger earthquake along the lesser-known fault that gave Southern California a moderate shake could do more damage to the region than the long-dreaded “Big One” from the more famous San Andreas...
Mar 31 2014 // Several U.S. states are banding together to combat the mounting risks of earthquakes tied to the disposal of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.Regulators from Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Ohio met for the...
Mar 24 2014 // There’s a whole lot of shakin’ going on at the University of Nevada, Reno.UNR’s seismic-simulation facility became the largest in the United States and second largest in the world in March with an...
Mar 13 2014 // Seismologists say two Alaska earthquakes were felt in communities this week.One earthquake occurred at 12:43 a.m. Wednesday in the Cook Inlet region of the state. The 4.6 magnitude quake was centered 62 miles southwest of...
Mar 12 2014 // Mid-market private equity firm Genstar Capital Management LLC has partnered with an insurance industry veteran to create a new platform company, Palomar Insurance Holdings, which will initially serve as a provider of...
Mar 10 2014 // A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Eureka in Northern California, shaking regions as far away as San Francisco and parts of Oregon, according to the United States Geological Survey.The earthquake, which...
Mar 5 2014 // Aon Benfield Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor Aon Benfield, announced that it has “successfully completed a ‘Cat in the Box’ transaction...
Mar 4 2014 // There’s a whole lot of shakin’ going on at the University of Nevada, Reno.UNR’s seismic-simulation facility became the largest in the United States and second largest in the world this week with an...
Feb 24 2014 // Fourteen families in central Arkansas have filed a lawsuit in connection with a series of earthquakes in Faulkner County that prompted the state in 2011 to ban the use of four natural-gas drilling disposal wells in a large...
Feb 21 2014 // A California Legislator on Friday introduced a bill that would prevent construction on seismic fissures.Senate Bill 1155 would mandate that developers and city officials treat an unzoned earthquake fault line just like a...
Feb 17 2014 // Fourteen families in central Arkansas have filed a lawsuit in connection with a series of earthquakes in Faulkner County that prompted the state in 2011 to ban the use of four natural-gas drilling disposal wells in a large...
Jan 31 2014 // People who have experienced a disaster such as an earthquake, flood, or terrorist attack have a heightened perception of the risks posed by these and, in some cases, unrelated risks, according to a study involving 1,045...
Jan 21 2014 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, reported: “At 9:52 p.m. Eastern Time, on January 19 (3:52 p.m., local time, January 20), a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck New Zealand’s North Island. The epicenter was...
Jan 17 2014 // Twenty years ago today a big one hit the Los Angeles area, killing several people and injuring thousands, damaging tens of thousands of properties, shutting down businesses, putting out of operation some of the...
Jan 13 2014 // Researchers are preparing to conduct a two-month study of earthquakes in central Virginia, a region that has a history of seismic activity.Twenty seismic stations are being installed for the study by researchers from...
Dec 27 2013 // It wasn’t Santa and his reindeer landing on roofs that shook some central Oklahoma homes early Christmas morning.A small earthquake struck near Spencer at about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geology...
Dec 23 2013 // The Kansas Geological Society is investigating whether a recent earthquake in southern Kansas might have been caused by oil production practices in the area.But KGS interim director Rex Buchanan said it might be difficult...
Dec 18 2013 // A magnitude 3.8 earthquake hit south-central Kansas on Dec. 16, rattling windows and doors, but causing no reported damage or injuries.The U.S. Geological Survey initially reported the earthquake that hit about 9 a.m. to...
Dec 9 2013 // A magnitude-4.5 earthquake in central Oklahoma shook residents on Dec. 7, just weeks after the two-year anniversary of the strongest earthquake ever recorded in the Sooner state, and was followed by two smaller temblors...
Dec 3 2013 // It’s become a predictable routine at Matt Pryor’s insurance agency: An earthquake rumbles through Oklahoma, rattling dishes and nerves. Then the phones light up with calls and text messages from desperate...