Latest Earthquake Headlines
All the headlines from our Earthquake Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Minor Earthquake Near Yakutat
Nov 29 2011 // The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says there was a minor earthquake near Yakutat. The earthquake occurred Saturday at 5:21 p.m. and was centered 43 miles north of Yakutat, a coastal town on the Gulf of Alaska. It...
More Earthquakes Recorded in Oklahoma; Gov. Requests Disaster Assistance
Nov 28 2011 // At least five small earthquakes were recorded in central Oklahoma over the long Thanksgiving weekend. The U.S. Geological Survey says a 2.4 magnitude tremor was recorded at 6:55 a.m. on Nov. 26 about five miles south of...
Midlands Management Enhances Earthquake Coverage in Oklahoma
Nov 23 2011 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak announced that an Oklahoma general insurance agency is adding earthquake deductible buy-down insurance as a means of making the cost of recovering from earthquake damage more...
Small Oklahoma Quake Reinforces Need for Repsonse, Preparedness Training
Nov 22 2011 // A small earthquake was recorded in central Oklahoma on Nov. 21 — on a day that executives from the California Earthquake Authority met with officials from the Oklahoma Insurance Department to discuss earthquake response...
Georgia to Get Earthquake Monitors
Nov 22 2011 // Researchers in a nationwide study of earthquakes will soon place instruments beneath the Georgia red clay and in other eastern states as they seek to learn more about what causes them and where they might...
Agents say Arkansas Earthquake Insurance Sales Up
Nov 21 2011 // Insurance agents say the recent 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Oklahoma has led many Arkansans to add earthquake insurance to their homeowner policies. The Nov. 5 quake east of Oklahoma City left damage over a wide area and...
Kansas Earthquake Risk Rated Low
Nov 21 2011 // Tornadoes, Flooding Are Top Hazards When it comes to the threat of damage and chaos from disasters in Kansas, earthquakes rank nearly at the bottom of the state’s list of concerns. Earthquakes rank 21st out of 22...
Few Earthquake Insurance Policies Sold in Oklahoma
Nov 21 2011 // Moratoriums on New Coverage in Effect About $6.7 million in earthquake insurance is written annually in Oklahoma, according to state insurance regulators. Only about 1 percent of homeowners carry earthquake insurance and...
$2.5M in Earthquake Aid Approved for Louisa County, Virginia
Nov 18 2011 // More than $2.5 million in grants have been approved this month for Louisa County homeowners hit by a powerful Aug. 23 earthquake and its aftershocks. Federal Emergency Management Agency coordinating officer Donald Keldsen...
Van Wagoner Entering Oklahoma Commercial Earthquake Market
Nov 16 2011 // Texas-based managing general agency, Van Wagoner Companies, plans to begin selling “monoline” commercial earthquake insurance as a surplus line in Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. Van...
Kansas Earthquake Risk Rated Low
Nov 15 2011 // When it comes to the threat of damage and chaos from disasters in Kansas, earthquakes rank nearly at the bottom of the state’s list of concerns. Earthquakes rank 21st out of 22 potential hazards listed in the...
Agents Say Arkansas Earthquake Insurance Sales Up
Nov 15 2011 // Insurance agents say the recent 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Oklahoma has led many Arkansans to add earthquake insurance to their homeowner policies. The Nov. 5 quake east of Oklahoma City left damage over a wide area and...
Best Issues Special Report on New Zealand’s Non-Life Insurance Market
Nov 14 2011 // A new report from A.M. Best examines New Zealand’s non-life insurance market, which it describes as being “in a state of transformation as it grapples with prolonged earthquake activity in addition to...
Oklahoma Lawmaker: State Needs to Review Earthquake Issues
Nov 8 2011 // In light of the increasing number and severity of earthquakes in Oklahoma, state Rep. Mike Shelton said lawmakers need to review disaster preparedness-and-response policies. “I represent much of eastern Oklahoma...
Not Much Earthquake Insurance Sold in Oklahoma
Nov 8 2011 // About $6.7 million in earthquake insurance is written annually in Oklahoma, state insurance regulators say. Only about 1 percent of homeowners carry earthquake insurance — earthquake damage typically is not covered in...
Numerous Aftershocks Follow 5.6 Magnitude Earthquake in Central Oklahoma
Nov 7 2011 // Central Oklahoma on Nov. 6 experienced dozens of aftershocks following a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that hit late in the evening on Nov. 5 and the magnitude 4.7 tremblor that occurred earlier on the same day east of Oklahoma...
California Earthquake Authority Keeps “A” Ratings
Nov 7 2011 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed the “A” rating on California Earthquake Authority’s outstanding fixed-rate revenue bonds, which mature on July 1, 2016, citing the organization’s ability to cover losses...
Tremors in Oklahoma a Reminder to Check for Quake Coverage
Oct 31 2011 // Recent minor earthquakes have rattled Oklahoma homes and businesses; seven tremors have been reported in the state during the month of October. Yet there are cracks in the insurance policies of many Oklahomans, according...
AIR Gives Preliminary Analysis of Peru Quake Losses
Oct 31 2011 // In a bulletin released shortly after the earthquake in Peru, Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide said that “given the relatively sparse population in the epicentral area and the fact that insurance penetration is...
AIR Estimates Turkey Insured Quake Losses at $56.5 to $170 Million
Oct 26 2011 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates that insured losses from the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck eastern Turkey Sunday, October 23rd, near the city of Van, will be between 100 million TRY ($56.5 million)...
