Latest Earthquake Headlines
All the headlines from our Earthquake Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Software Monitors Oklahoma Bridges Following Earthquakes
Aug 14 2017 // Oklahoma transportation officials have installed a monitoring service to help prioritize bridge inspections after earthquakes. The ShakeCast software is the final stage in a two-year contract with the private firm...
California Earthquake Authority Policy Sales up 5.4% in 2Q from Year Ago
Aug 7 2017 // Californians may be getting the idea that they live in earthquake country. That’s the underlying message that can be found in the latest figures out from the California Earthquake Authority. The CEA, a...
California Earthquake Authority Policy Sales up 5.4% in 2Q from Year Ago
Jul 31 2017 // Californians may be getting the idea that they live in earthquake country. That’s the underlying message that can be found in the latest figures out from the California Earthquake Authority. The CEA, a...
Exclusive: California Broker Plans Parametric Quake Product That Pays Even If No Damage
Jul 21 2017 // A California broker is promising to bring a “first-of-its-kind financial resource” that pays homeowners after an earthquake for a low monthly premium whether there’s damage to the home or not. A Berkeley,...
Authority Wants 1952 Quake Anniversary to Remind Californians to Prepare
Jul 21 2017 // Friday marks the 65th anniversary of the 1952 magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck Kern County, Calif., considered the largest quake to strike Southern California since the 1870s. While the epicenter was on the White Wolf...
Earthquakes Rumble Central Oklahoma
Jul 17 2017 // The U.S. Geological Survey says several earthquakes struck central Oklahoma in the morning on July 14, including one with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2. State and local emergency management officials said there have been...
RMS Launches New Models for Tropical Cyclone & Earthquake in Asia Pacific
Jul 12 2017 // RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based risk modeling and analytics firm, has introduced typhoon models for wind and flood for South Korea and Taiwan, plus four new earthquake models for Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and...
Earthquake Center Confirms 2 Quakes Hit Alaska
Jul 11 2017 // Two small earthquakes have hit Alaska, one on the state’s northern end and another in the south, the Alaska Earthquake Center confirmed. The center says a magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck a spot 64.3 miles northeast...
M5.8 Quake That Struck Montana Strongest in over Half-Century
Jul 10 2017 // The earthquake that hit Montana last week was the strongest in more than half a century, according to the experts. The quake sent bartenders jumping over bars, food falling off grocery store shelves and awakened residents...
Texas Study Links Pollution, Earthquakes to Oil and Gas Drilling
Jun 21 2017 // A new study by a nonprofit science organization says oil and gas drilling in Texas is linked to pollution and earthquakes. The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas study found drilling for oil and gas in...
Weight of Swollen Reservoir Blamed for Arkansas Earthquake Swarm
Jun 20 2017 // Earthquakes in northern Arkansas are being linked to the weight of extra water at a flood-swollen reservoir. Earthquake geologist David Johnston works with the Arkansas Geological Survey. He says the added weight of the...
Northwest Wyoming Hit by Earthquake Swarm
Jun 19 2017 // A swarm of earthquakes hit the northwestern part of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming last week, the U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed. The USGS says the quakes occurred in a backcountry area of Yellowstone National...
Hawaii’s Big Island Hit by M5.3 Earthquake
Jun 12 2017 // A magnitude-5.3 earthquake shook Hawaii’s Big Island, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. No damage was reported in the quake, which the USGS said was centered about 11 miles (18 kilometers) southeast of Volcano...
RMS Releases Updated N. America Earthquake Models for U.S., Canada & Mexico
Jun 9 2017 // RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based risk modeling and analytics firm, announced the release of version 17.0 of its North America Earthquake Models for the United States, Canada and Mexico. The updated model will enable RMS...
USGS Reports Small Earthquake Near Alabama-Georgia Line
Jun 6 2017 // A small earthquake has struck northeastern Alabama near the Georgia line. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a magnitude 2.6 earthquake occurred Friday morning. The quake was centered in a rural area about 7 miles...
Alaska Hosts Plate Tectonics Research Effort
May 25 2017 // Alaska averages 40,000 earthquakes per year, with more large quakes than the other 49 states combined, and America’s shakiest state is about to have its ground examined like never before. A federal agency that...
Swiss Re Places $925M Cat Bond for California Earthquake Authority
May 23 2017 // Swiss Re Capital Markets Corp. has successfully structured and placed the issuance of $925 million of insurance-linked securities for the California Earthquake Authority. Swiss Re Capital Markets underwrote the transaction...
Dozen Earthquakes Reported in Oklahoma, Including a 4.2 Mag
May 16 2017 // Two small earthquakes recorded in Oklahoma by the U.S. Geological Survey bring to a dozen the number of temblors recorded in the state during the weekend. A 2.9 magnitude quake was recorded at 2:24 a.m. Sunday near Red...
Earthquake Authority Creates Online Home Vulnerability Evaluator
May 15 2017 // The California Earthquake Authority has created an online tool to help home inspection specialists evaluate a house’s vulnerability to earthquake damage. The online tool, QuakeGrade, uses information entered by an...
Quake Strikes Western End of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands
May 10 2017 // A magnitude 4.3 earthquake hit the Andreanof Islands on the far western end of Alaska’s Aleutian chain. The National Earthquake Information Center says that at 8:36 p.m. local time the earthquake hit a spot about 72...
