a new United States Geological Survey map shows. The new USGS National Seismic Hazard Model released Tuesday -- nearly 30 years to the day of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake in Los Angeles -- shows ...

Scientists have mapped seismic stress ... This will teach us new things about how the Earth works," Mark Zoback, a Stanford geophysics professor behind the new map, said in a press release.

Lawrence River area, and the central Mississippi River Valley. Other sections of this part of the country are prone to earthquakes, but can expect fewer quakes of smaller magnitude. Below is a map ...

MANILA, Philippines — In a bid to improve disaster mitigation in the country, a seismic ... hazards, we need to make sure that the location of our structures are in a less hazardous place, or ...

Seismic hazard and risk analyses underpin the loadings prescribed by engineering design codes, the decisions by asset owners to retrofit structures, the pricing of insurance policies, and many other ...

Some movies show scenes with the ground suddenly opening up and people falling into fiery pits, but this just doesn't happen in real life. The first main earthquake hazard (danger) is the effect of ...

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