All the headlines from our Earthquake Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 13 2008 // At 10 a.m. this morning, millions of Southern Californians are expected to millions of people in homes, schools, businesses, government offices, and public places are expected to drop, cover, and hold on, in what is...
Nov 13 2008 // The ground may not be shaking, but emergency officials want South Carolina residents to be ready if and when it does. An earthquake drill was held Wednesday as part of South Carolina Earthquake Awareness Week. Emergency...
Nov 6 2008 // The U.S. Geological Survey is completing maps that will indicate earthquake hazards in the Evansville area. Geophysicist Oliver Boyd tells the Evansville Courier & Press that he hopes the final maps will be ready next...
Nov 3 2008 // The U.S. Geological Survey reported a small earthquake occurred in East Tennessee, but emergency officials say no damage has been reported.The agency recorded the earthquake was centered near Maryville and occurred at...
Nov 3 2008 // Federal officials say a 2.7-magnitude earthquake struck on Nov. 1 near the community of Magnet Cove in Hot Spring County, Arkansas.The U.S. Geological Survey reports the earthquake hit three miles northeast of Rockport and...
Nov 2 2008 // Ground view of collapsed building and burned area as a result of an earthquake at Beach and Divisadero, Marina District. Photo courtesy of C.E. Meyer, U.S. Geological Survey.California buildings are less likely to shake,...
Oct 31 2008 // If a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occured on California’s Hayward Fault today, it would result in economic losses between $210 billion and $235 billion, with only up to $30 billion likely to be insured, according to a...
Oct 22 2008 // Holly Seefried was in bed sleeping beside her husband, Bill, at 8:06 a.m. on Oct. 28, 1983, when they awoke to a roar outside their ranch home near Mackay.The noise grew louder by the second. “There was this...
Oct 21 2008 // Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions has opened a new office in Beijing, China, as a sign of its commitment to support the growth of the property insurance industry and risk mitigation efforts in China. The...
Oct 21 2008 // Willis Group Holdings, a global insurance broker, has released a report summarizing recent changes in the scientific view of seismic hazard in the United States. The report has been added to the curriculum of the Associate...
Oct 20 2008 // Florida remains focused on recovery of its property insurance market. But new rules for reinsurers, a national catastrophe plan and the use of occupational rating in insurance are also on the radar of Florida Insurance...
Oct 1 2008 // An earthquake that shook much of the Midwest months ago is giving a Metro East, Ill. school district some financial aftershocks.Officials in East Alton say the April quake caused as much as $1.2 million in damage to the...
Sep 8 2008 // An earthquake has shaken the area around Swedes Place in northern Nevada. The U.S. Geological Survey’s preliminary report put the quake at a 4.1-magnitude. The temblor hit just before 4:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 6,...
Sep 1 2008 // From cracked oil and natural gas pipelines to contaminated public water supplies, the nation’s economy could be the biggest casualty of the next major Midwest earthquake, an earthquake expert warned.Geologic...
Aug 21 2008 // In Japan, agencies write 93 percent of P/C insurance.The Japanese property and casualty insurance market is ripe for opportunities, but there also are significant risks in the country, according to Keiji Fukasawa of Finrex...
Aug 8 2008 // Most of the largest corporations in North America are exposed to natural disasters, but many are not well-prepared for such catastrophes and are not overly concerned about the potential business impact, according to a new...
Aug 8 2008 // UK Flood Model Risk Management Solutions has released a major new upgrade to its U.K. Inland Flood Model. “The upgraded model will enable all segments of the insurance industry to drill down to a finer level of...
Aug 4 2008 // The accuracy of ground motion prediction from shallow events in the active tectonic regions in the Western United States, such as California, has improved, thanks to new ground motion models.A key component in assessing...
Aug 1 2008 // Despite shaking a large swath of Southern California, a magnitude-5.4 earthquake was not the “Big One” that scientists have long feared. Still, it rattled nerves, causing people to vow to step up their...
Aug 1 2008 // Although this new suburb of 80,000 people was just a few miles from the epicenter of a 5.4-magnitude earthquake, the city withstood the shaking with almost no damage at all.If a quake had to hit somewhere in densely...