All the headlines from our Earthquake Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 7 2012 // Rescuers dug with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses collapsed by a strong earthquake Monday that shook a central Philippine island and set off landslides.At least 13 people were killed...
Feb 7 2012 // Eight states are expected to take part in an earthquake drill today that will be conducted throughout the central United States on the 200th anniversary of the 1812 New Madrid earthquakes. The event is called the 2012...
Feb 6 2012 // Scientists say a minor earthquake has shaken the Utah Valley, but apparently causing no injuries or property damage. The University of Utah Seismograph Stations report the magnitude 3.7 quake occurred around 4:27 a.m....
Feb 6 2012 // In 2011, the mining insurance market was not only hit by $2.7 billion in natural catastrophe losses, but over 60 operational losses totaling $835 million. The $3.5 billion total estimate of losses facing mining insurers...
Feb 3 2012 // Utah is selling new maps that show the shaking intensity of earthquakes for the west half of Salt Lake County.The set of 10 maps also spotlights the risks of landslides, rock falls, floods, radon gas and other hazards in...
Feb 2 2012 // Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic could be in for a period of periodic powerful earthquakes, according to a recent scientific study.The study says Haiti’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake two years ago is likely...
Feb 2 2012 // The risk to public health from a severe nuclear power plant accident in the United States is “very small” because reactor operators should have time to prevent core damage and reduce the release of radioactive...
Jan 31 2012 // For decades, the people who oversaw Fairbanks Memorial Hospital shared a comforting thought about the building—even if a powerful earthquake struck, they were confident it would remain standing.But in the past few years,...
Jan 30 2012 // A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 jolted eastern Japan on Saturday morning, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage and no tsunami warning was issued.The focus of the tremor was 20 km...
Jan 26 2012 // Insurance Company of the West (ICW) and WKFC Underwriting Managers have announced a continued expansion of the relationship between the firms for commercial earthquake insurance.The partnership between ICW Group and WKFC...
Jan 25 2012 // A new study is warning that the Tokyo region has a 70 percent chance of being hit directly by a powerful magnitude-7 earthquake within four years.The study by University of Tokyo seismologists bases the estimate on an...
Jan 23 2012 // An expert task force convened by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission called Japan’s nuclear disaster “unacceptable” and concluded that nuclear power plants in the U.S. need better protections for rare,...
Jan 19 2012 // Government officials and Evansville residents soon will have access to a new set of maps detailing areas at greatest risk of damage from strong earthquakes that periodically shake southwestern Indiana.The maps will be...
Jan 17 2012 // Swiss Re’s new report – “Lessons from recent major earthquakes,” focuses on the most recent series of devastating quakes, which have caused extensive loss of life and injuries, along with widespread...
Jan 16 2012 // Down in the basement of Steve Jones’ southeast Huntsville home, just past the electrical workshop, is a door into an unfinished sub-basement.Here, on a concrete base on a rock outcropping, sits Jones’ latest...
Jan 13 2012 // Boos, applause and the occasional outburst marked a gathering of about 500 Ohio residents seeking explanations for a series of earthquakes that has hit their area since deep injection drilling came to town.At a news...
Jan 10 2012 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp, has issued its “Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe Report,” which aggregates and analyses the natural disaster perils that...
Jan 9 2012 // A small earthquake rumbled in Alaska that was felt in several small communities north of Anchorage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude 4.0 temblor struck shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday and was centered about...
Jan 9 2012 // In his first year as insurance commissioner of Oklahoma, John Doak was a busy man.Doak and the agency he leads had their hands full implementing reforms in the workers’ compensation system, dealing with a host of...
Jan 4 2012 // Insurance industry damage claims from natural disasters like the earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand reached a record $105 billion in 2011, Munich Re , the world’s biggest reinsurer, said on Wednesday.The cost to...