Some 230 million people in the United States face the potential of damaging earthquakes in 100 years, according to the latest U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model, or NSHM. That’s about 40 million ...

The US Geological Survey creates earthquake shaking models designed to inform municipalities about building codes and insurance companies about the risk of seismic events. CNN values your feedback 1.

“The hazard has increased, but it has always been high,” said Petersen, who is a supervisory research geophysicist with USGS’s earthquake hazards program. “It will remain high in California.

This assessment revealed that hazard maps for the U.S. (California), Japan, Italy, Nepal and France seemed to overpredict earthquake damage.

Using data for the Turkey earthquake of February 2023, the scientists have developed a detailed 3D dynamic model that provides a more accurate understanding of the strong shaking during this ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- There's a new way you can determine if you live in an earthquake hazard zone. The California Geological Survey released a new app that can show block by block if your home ...

Earthquake, tsunami hazards from subduction zones might be higher than current estimates. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 24, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 05 / 210503113946.htm.

A seismic hazard map released Thursday by the U.S. Geological Survey might not be able to precisely say when The Big One will hit, but it does give insight into the intensity of potential earthquakes.

New earthquake maps released by the California Geological Survey show a fault line that runs through the heart of Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive. 24/7 Live Los Angeles Orange County Inland Empire ...

As Utah prepares for an overdue, big earthquake, University of Utah seismologists found that current seismic hazard models may be underestimating the intensity of shaking the Salt Lake Valley ...