This map from the updated National Seismic Hazard Model shows the probability of a damaging earthquake occurring ... the Pacific Northwest and southern Alaska. These are areas where one tectonic ...

The potential for catastrophic earthquakes ... as well as Alaska and Hawaii, could experience a damaging quake sometime within the next century. The color-coded map – the USGS' first to include ...

“The new seismic hazard ... Map displays the likelihood of damaging earthquake shaking in the United States over the next 100 years. (USGS) Also covered in dark red is a great portion of Alaska ...

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. states could experience damaging shaking from earthquakes in the next century, according to the government’s latest National Seismic Hazard Model, which is used to ...

“And in the case of these maps, we have increased the hazard in many ... because in California, Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, especially coastal regions, (earthquakes) are much, much more ...

Paleoseismology, pioneered in Alaska, forms the basis for the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Seismic Hazard Maps, which include probability estimates for earthquakes across the country.

Widespread Hazard: 37 U.S. states have experienced earthquakes exceeding magnitude 5 during the last 200 years, highlighting a long history of seismic activity across this country.

The interactive hazard maps released online in 2021 provide ... A tsunami triggered by a large earthquake in Alaska would ...

Nearly all of California has a more than 95% chance of a damaging earthquake in the next century, a new United States Geological Survey map shows. The new USGS National Seismic Hazard Model ...