Latest Earthquake Headlines
All the headlines from our Earthquake Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Rejecting Science, Texas Still Denies Fracking Link to Quakes
Nov 22 2016 // A white Chevy Suburban with “Railroad Commission of Texas” emblazoned on its side rolled north on Interstate 35. Behind the wheel sat Milton Rister, the commission’s director. Trim and balding, Rister was...
Major Canada Earthquake Could Lead to Widespread Insurer Insolvencies: Report
Nov 22 2016 // A massive earthquake off the coast of British Columbia has the potential to cause widespread failure among insurance companies and trigger a domino effect across the financial sector, according to a Conference Board of...
7.4 Earthquake off Coast of Fukushima Jolts Japan; Tsunami Alert Lifted
Nov 22 2016 // A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan early on Tuesday, briefly disrupting cooling functions at a nuclear plant and generating a small tsunami that hit the same Fukushima region devastated by a 2011 quake, tsunami...
27 Energy Companies Sued by Quake-Weary Oklahomans
Nov 21 2016 // Residents of a town hit by Oklahoma’s strongest earthquake have filed a class-action lawsuit against dozens of energy companies, accusing them of triggering destructive temblors by injecting wastewater from oil and...
In Oklahoma, Pawnee Nation Files Suit to Void Drilling Permits
Nov 21 2016 // The Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma has filed a lawsuit against the federal government to void drilling permits for oil and natural gas wells on tribal land that the tribe alleges cause earthquakes in northern Oklahoma. The...
Only 4 Out of 300 Claims Paid After Record Oklahoma Earthquake
Nov 21 2016 // Nearly 300 damage claims have been submitted since Oklahoma’s largest earthquake in September, but only four of those claims have been paid. An analysis of Oklahoma Insurance Department data by the Tulsa World shows...
Rising Earthquake Risks and Oklahoma’s Insurance Market
Nov 21 2016 // The 5.0 magnitude earthquake that struck near the oil and gas storage hub of Cushing, Oklahoma, on Nov. 6 put the nation on alert to the vulnerability of the country’s oil reserves to the significant increase in...
Washington Governor Wants Coordinated Earthquake, Tsunami Response Plan
Nov 21 2016 // Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is directing several state agencies to work together to prepare for a coordinated plan in case of a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami. The directive, which was issued earlier this month,...
Report: Big One Along Full Length of San Andreas Could Be Quite Destructive
Nov 21 2016 // A large earthquake along the San Andreas fault impacting both Northern and Southern California at the same time could wreak much more havoc than most may believe. Such an event, once considered impossible up until...
New Zealand EQ Insured Losses Could Top $3B: AIR Worldwide
Nov 18 2016 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide released its initial estimates of industry insured losses from the earthquake that struck New Zealand’s South Island early this week, putting a range of $762 million to $3.5...
Report: Big One Along Full-length of San Andreas Could be Quite Destructive
Nov 15 2016 // A large earthquake along the San Andreas fault impacting both Northern and Southern California at the same time could wreak much more havoc than most may believe. Such an event, once considered impossible up until...
California Earthquake Risk: New Science is Transforming the Way Earthquake Risk is Managed
Nov 15 2016 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Recent changes in earthquake hazard science in California are transforming the way we think about managing earthquake risk. The Uniform California Earthquake Rupture...
Will Rising Earthquake Risks in Oklahoma Shake Up the Insurance Market?
Nov 14 2016 // The 5.0 magnitude earthquake that struck near the oil and gas storage hub of Cushing, Oklahoma, on Nov. 6 put the nation on alert to the vulnerability of the country’s oil reserves to the significant increase in...
New Zealand Avoids Widespread Damage from Earthquake; AIR Comments
Nov 14 2016 // New Zealand was rocked by a powerful earthquake early Monday that killed two people and caused extensive damage to roads and businesses, but avoided the widespread destruction caused by a 2011 quake that killed 185 people....
Oklahoma Agency to Limit More Disposal Wells After Oil Hub Earthquake
Nov 8 2016 // Oklahoma’s oil and gas regulator plans to shut some disposal wells and reduce the volume of others as its initial response to Sunday’s earthquake near the oil hub of Cushing. “Other plans are being...
Oklahoma’s Fracking-Linked Earthquakes Raise National Security, Energy Concerns
Nov 8 2016 // Sunday night’s 5.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Cushing, Okla., is the latest and, in some ways, the most troubling in a series of temblors that has rocked the Sooner State over the past few years. Not only did it...
Property Damage Reported After 5.0 Mag Quake Hits Oklahoma near Cushing
Nov 7 2016 // A 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck Oklahoma on the evening of Nov. 6 near the town of Cushing, an area that has experienced increased seismic activity since 2015, the Oklahoma Geological Survey reported. Several...
Washington Governor Wants Coordinated Earthquake, Tsunami Response Plan
Nov 7 2016 // Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is directing several state agencies to work together to prepare for a coordinated plan in case of a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami. Friday’s directive creates a subcabinet group of the...
AIR Worldwide Comments on Central Italy’s 2 Powerful Earthquakes
Oct 28 2016 // The two powerful earthquakes that hit central Italy on Oct. 26 are considered aftershocks of the deadly Aug. 24, M6.2 earthquake that occurred near Teramo, which about 50 miles south-southeast of the latest temblors,...
USGS: 3rd Largest Oklahoma Quake Likely Caused by Wastewater Disposal
Oct 26 2016 // The third-largest earthquake in Oklahoma was likely triggered by underground disposal of wastewater from oil and natural gas production, the U.S. Geological Survey found in a report issued on Oct. 24. The magnitude 5.1...
