The update was released last year. The color-coded map shows a range of earthquake probability across the U.S. Well known high-risk areas, such as California and Alaska, are coded in dark red ...

This map from the updated National Seismic Hazard Model shows the probability of a damaging earthquake occurring anywhere in the United States in 100 years. A damaging quake is any temblor with a ...

The USGS uses two kinds of scientific models to predict earthquake probability. 1. The earthquake rupture forecast shows where and when the Earth might slip along the state’s many faults.

Earlier this month, an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck northern Osaka, killing 5 people and injuring more than 300. A government panel has released its latest earthquake probability map, which ...