All the headlines from our Earthquake Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 5 2011 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is requesting a federal disaster declaration in the wake of a series of earthquakes that rumbled through the state in November. Fallin made the formal request on Nov. 22 to help individuals,...
Dec 5 2011 // At least five small earthquakes were recorded in central Oklahoma over the long Thanksgiving weekend. The U.S. Geological Survey said a 2.4 magnitude tremor was recorded at 6:55 a.m. on Nov. 26 about five miles south of...
Dec 5 2011 // Two managing general insurance agencies have increased earthquake insurance coverage in Oklahoma in the aftermath of the 5.6 magnitude tremblor that occurred near Sparks on Nov. 5.The Oklahoma Insurance Department said...
Dec 5 2011 // A Rebounding Market“This reduction in market share of Citizens is a great indicator that the homeowners insurance market as well as the commercial property insurance market in Louisiana is rebounding from the severe...
Nov 30 2011 // Small earthquakes have shaken parts of northern Arkansas and central OklahomaA 2.6 magnitude quake struck early morning in the morning on Nov. 29 near Hardy, Ark. The 911 call center in Sharp County didn’t have any...
Nov 29 2011 // The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says there was a minor earthquake near Yakutat. The earthquake occurred Saturday at 5:21 p.m. and was centered 43 miles north of Yakutat, a coastal town on the Gulf of Alaska. It...
Nov 28 2011 // At least five small earthquakes were recorded in central Oklahoma over the long Thanksgiving weekend.The U.S. Geological Survey says a 2.4 magnitude tremor was recorded at 6:55 a.m. on Nov. 26 about five miles south of...
Nov 23 2011 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak announced that an Oklahoma general insurance agency is adding earthquake deductible buy-down insurance as a means of making the cost of recovering from earthquake damage more...
Nov 22 2011 // A small earthquake was recorded in central Oklahoma on Nov. 21 — on a day that executives from the California Earthquake Authority met with officials from the Oklahoma Insurance Department to discuss earthquake response...
Nov 22 2011 // Researchers in a nationwide study of earthquakes will soon place instruments beneath the Georgia red clay and in other eastern states as they seek to learn more about what causes them and where they might strike.Scientists...
Nov 21 2011 // Insurance agents say the recent 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Oklahoma has led many Arkansans to add earthquake insurance to their homeowner policies. The Nov. 5 quake east of Oklahoma City left damage over a wide area and...
Nov 21 2011 // When it comes to the threat of damage and chaos from disasters in Kansas, earthquakes rank nearly at the bottom of the state’s list of concerns.Earthquakes rank 21st out of 22 potential hazards listed in the official...
Nov 21 2011 // About $6.7 million in earthquake insurance is written annually in Oklahoma, according to state insurance regulators. Only about 1 percent of homeowners carry earthquake insurance and earthquake damage typically is not...
Nov 18 2011 // More than $2.5 million in grants have been approved this month for Louisa County homeowners hit by a powerful Aug. 23 earthquake and its aftershocks.Federal Emergency Management Agency coordinating officer Donald Keldsen...
Nov 16 2011 // Texas-based managing general agency, Van Wagoner Companies, plans to begin selling “monoline” commercial earthquake insurance as a surplus line in Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced.Van...
Nov 15 2011 // When it comes to the threat of damage and chaos from disasters in Kansas, earthquakes rank nearly at the bottom of the state’s list of concerns.Earthquakes rank 21st out of 22 potential hazards listed in the official...
Nov 15 2011 // Insurance agents say the recent 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Oklahoma has led many Arkansans to add earthquake insurance to their homeowner policies.The Nov. 5 quake east of Oklahoma City left damage over a wide area and...
Nov 14 2011 // A new report from A.M. Best examines New Zealand’s non-life insurance market, which it describes as being “in a state of transformation as it grapples with prolonged earthquake activity in addition to...
Nov 8 2011 // In light of the increasing number and severity of earthquakes in Oklahoma, state Rep. Mike Shelton said lawmakers need to review disaster preparedness-and-response policies.“I represent much of eastern Oklahoma...
Nov 8 2011 // About $6.7 million in earthquake insurance is written annually in Oklahoma, state insurance regulators say. Only about 1 percent of homeowners carry earthquake insurance — earthquake damage typically is not covered in...