Perilous landscape: California's 250-year struggle to prepare for natural disasters
While earthquakes have caused disasters since early California, destruction from wildfires is a modern phenomenon ...
Did Earth’s Deepest Earthquake Really Happen? New Research Disputes Record-Breaking Aftershock
A re-examination of the 2015 Bonin Islands earthquake disproved earlier claims of a record-breaking deep aftershock in the ...
Updated USGS Earthquake Map Highlights Risk Across U.S.
N​early 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake, according to a recently updated USGS map.
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Only 11% of residents in New Madrid area have earthquake insurance as costs soar, jobs evaporate in region
Despite seismic threat, residents prioritize immediate economic struggles over insurance coverage. Only 11% have earthquake ...
Column: Earthquakes and fires always stalk L.A. But our greatest danger is denial.
If you buy into stereotypes and myths, the climate in Southern California is splendid and the people are laid back. Lies. The ...
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Earthquakes are New Madrid's claim to fame. But that’s the last thing on residents’ minds.
Poverty, job loss and high insurance costs have led to a lack of earthquake insurance in a town with a big fault and bigger ...
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What to know about CRESCENT, the research collaboration assessing the Cascadia Subduction Zone
The Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (CRESCENT), a research project focused on the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ), was established in 2023 following a $15 million grant from the National Scie ...
Scientists know where the big earthquakes will hit. They just don’t know when
A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure ...