New research led by the University of Victoria (UVic) has illuminated a significant and previously unrecognized source of ...

A research team studied earthquake hazard maps from five countries and found that all the maps seemed to overpredict the historically observed earthquake shaking intensities. In analyzing the ...

A Northwestern University research team studied earthquake hazard maps from five countries and found that all the maps seemed to overpredict the historically observed earthquake shaking ...

THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has turned over the liquefaction and tsunami hazard maps of General Santos City to the local government unit, its director ...

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

A moderately strong, 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Guatemala on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological ...

On the map, the color red identifies places with the highest earthquake shaking risk — a 95% chance an earthquake of magnitude 5 or higher will occur in the next 100 years and bring slight or ...

The National Seismic Hazard Model, released in early 2024 by the U.S. Geological Survey, which displays the likelihood of damaging earthquake shaking across the U.S. over the next 100 years.

An earthquake struck the Noto peninsula at around 4:10 p.m., local time, and had a magnitude of 7.6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. According to the ...

This new USGS map shows where damaging earthquakes are most likely in the U.S. The new USGS National Seismic Hazard Model includes a few key changes since the last map was released in 2018 ...