All the headlines from our Earthquake Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 4 2021 // Digital flood insurance provider Neptune Flood has acquired Jumpstart Insurance Solutions, a parametric insurtech broker that offers parametric earthquake policies.Terms were not disclosed. Jumpstart, a licensed surplus...
Sep 27 2021 // Mexican startup Super, which offers coverage for earthquake property damages, plans to expand into hurricane insurance and possibly raise a fresh funding round next year, according to chief executive officer and founder...
Sep 19 2021 // A small earthquake shook the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area Friday night, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed.There weren’t any immediate reports of major damage or injuries. The magnitude-4.3 quake struck...
Sep 13 2021 // The impact from the the strong (magnitude 7.0) earthquake that occurred Sept. 7 near Acapulco City, Mexico is expected to be moderate, with insured losses of about $200 million, according to catastrophe modeling firm Karen...
Sep 2 2021 // A magnitude 4.7 hit in a remote area of northeast Nevada, where officials said they had no immediate reports of damage or injuries, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed.The USGS said temblor struck about 10:20 a.m. about...
Aug 26 2021 // Geologists said they had detected a swarm of earthquakes at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, though it is not erupting.The quakes began overnight on Tuesday and continued into the morning, The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory...
Aug 24 2021 // An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.0 shook an agricultural area of southeastern California early Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The quake struck at 7:57 a.m. south of the Salton Sea, about 7...
Aug 19 2021 // Earthquakes have been wreaking havoc in Haiti since at least the 18th century, when the city of Port-au-Prince was destroyed twice in 19 years. Saturday’s powerful quake killed hundreds and injured thousands more....
Aug 17 2021 // The large 7.2 magnitude earthquake, which hit Haiti on Aug. 14, is likely to cost insurers around $250 million, according to catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark & Co. (KCC).While the insured losses from this event...
Aug 17 2021 // LES CAYES, Haiti – Heavy rains lashed Haiti on Tuesday night, complicating rescue efforts and drenching thousands left homeless by a devastating earthquake that killed at least 1,419 people, as hopes dimmed for...
Aug 16 2021 // The U.S. deployed search and rescue teams to help find survivors among the debris of collapsed buildings in Haiti as the death toll soars from Saturday’s massive earthquake.At least 1,297 people were killed after the...
Jul 20 2021 // A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck off the Northern California coast late Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed.The earthquake just before midnight was about 12 kilometers west of Petrolia in Humboldt County and 56...
Jul 13 2021 // New report from Missouri insurance regulators shows earthquake coverage plummeting amid sharply escalating insurance premiums.The new Earthquake Insurance Market Report from the Missouri Department of Commerce and...
Jul 12 2021 // Aftershocks have hit the region between Northern California and Nevada Friday after a magnitude 6 earthquake sent large boulders rolling into highways and knocked smaller items off shelves.The quake shortly before 4 p.m....
Jul 6 2021 // A small earthquake struck a sparsely populated area of central Wyoming on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the quake about 29 miles south of Ten Sleep...
Jul 5 2021 // The number of noticeable earthquakes has been increasing year after year since 2017 in the key oil producing regions of the U.S., according to an analysis by an independent energy research firm.The analysis of seismic...
Jun 30 2021 // A magnitude 3.9 earthquake rattled the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed.The earthquake’s epicenter was in San Lorenzo, an East Bay community in Alameda County 13 miles...
Jun 18 2021 // Another earthquake has been recorded in South Dakota, the fifth since December.According to the United States Geological Survey, a 2.6 magnitude quake was recorded about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday with the epicenter about 60...
Jun 15 2021 // The number of noticeable earthquakes has been increasing year after year since 2017 in the key oil producing regions of the U.S., according to an analysis by an independent energy research firm.The analysis of seismic...
Jun 7 2021 // Officials say an earthquake occurred in southern South Dakota, though no damage was reported.The United States Geological Survey said the 3.7 magnitude quake happened at 10:25 a.m. Friday just north of the South Dakota...