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 ...

Other sections of this part of the country are prone to earthquakes, but can expect fewer quakes of smaller magnitude. Below is a map showing the risk of damage by earthquakes for the continental ...

A light, 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Northern California on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological ...

The latest version of the U.S. Geological Survey’s earthquake hazard model, issued last week, shows “a chance for greater ...

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.

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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 ...

The first main earthquake hazard (danger) is the effect of ground shaking. Buildings can be damaged by the shaking itself or by the ground beneath them settling to a different level than it was before ...

Interactive hazard maps made using computer modeling can ... “Washington ranks as having the second highest earthquake risk in the US and correspondingly a significant tsunami risk as well ...