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Quake study: Marginalized groups face higher risk
Members of socially and economically marginalized groups in Montreal and Ottawa-Gatineau are at disproportionate risk in ...
Map: 6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Crete, Prompting a Tsunami Alert
A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological ...
Scientists warn if a 1,000-ft ‘mega-tsunami’s spurs from an active fault line it could wipe part of America off the map
Alaska, Hawaii and areas along the mainland West Coast would be at risk if an earthquake erupts along the Cascadia subduction ...
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Scientists warn earthquake could put parts of US at risk from mega-wave
Scientists are warning that a 300-metre-tall “mega tsunami” could potentially wipe a large chunk of America off the map – if a strong enough earthquake hits a specific active fault line over the next ...
Monster earthquake could sink swath of California, dramatically heightening flood risk, study says
A long-feared monster earthquake off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington could cause some areas to sink by more ...
Who is watching for earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis? Trump is cutting the guardians at the gate
New spending restrictions for some federal agencies are creating extra hoops for scientists to jump through to fix earthquake ...
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San Francisco Industrial, Multifamily Owners Now Need to Screen Buildings for Seismic Risk
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 ...
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Soft Soil, Old Buildings and Junta Rule: How Yangon Became a Seismic Timebomb
Residents of Myanmar’s biggest city are living in fear, hit by tremors and a quake prediction following the March 28 disaster ...