A long-feared monster earthquake off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington could cause some areas to sink by more ...

N early 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake in the next 100 years, according to a recently updated map from the U.S. Geological Survey. T he map is the first to ...

Earthquake & Infrastructure Risk, Financial & Emergency Preparedness, and Demographic Vulnerability. Each factor within these categories was assigned a weight based on its significance.

A new earthquake fault mapping study provides compelling evidence of seismic hazards in Turkey and Syria following the 2023 earthquakes. Researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill, USGS, and global teams ...

The southeastern U.S. carries a significant earthquake risk, particularly around the New Madrid Seismic Zone to the west and in the East Tennessee Seismic Zone, which is where Saturday's ...

The San Francisco Chronicle reported that a preliminary survey using public records, old insurance maps ... magnitude earthquake hit the Bay Area in 1989. The second category of at-risk buildings ...