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Hundreds of millions of Americans are at risk from damaging earthquakes, with a new map revealing that almost 75% of the country is in a danger zone. The US Geological Survey (USGS) made the ...
Map Shows US Cities Most Vulnerable to Earthquakes in 2025. Story by Joe Edwards ... Shelby County in Tennessee, is located near the New Madrid Seismic Zone and is home to Memphis.
The giant earthquake was recorded at 12:37 p.m. local time, southeast of Sand Point, a community located on Popof Island in ...
Nearly 75% of the U.S., including Alaska and Hawaii, could experience a damaging earthquake sometime within the next century, USGS study finds.
The quake that struck Alaska’s southern coast on Wednesday, July 16 is part of a larger sequence that may continue to unfold ...
New USGS government maps extend earthquake hazard zones nationwide, including some surprising states. The 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Virginia on August 24, 2011, damaged monuments like ...
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.
Maps of the earthquake zone present a sobering picture of the scale of last year's disaster and the challenges that still remain. Share by Andrea Hsu Apr, 09 2009 ...
You don’t have to live in California to be at risk of an earthquake. New USGS research indicates that nearly half of Americans live in earthquake-prone areas.