2014 USGS National Seismic Hazard Map, displaying intensity of potential ground shaking from an earthquake in 50 years (which is the typical lifetime of a building). To help make the best decisions to ...

The "Eastern Asia Earthquake and Volcanic Hazards Information Map" in image format was available for download at the geological map catalog (geoscience map of Asia) page on the Geological Survey ...

After tracking earthquake hazards around the world for 30 years, ... in fault maps, land-use maps and quake records, he said, and it’s all free. But putting those maps and records together, ...

Most other earthquake hazard maps have shown, and still do show, only the expected ground shaking for a fixed return time (i.e., average, typical timespan between serious ground motion).

Stunning Map Reveals World's Earthquakes Since 1898. Andrea Mustain, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer . Fri, June 29, 2012 at 1:56 PM UTC. More than 100 years of earthquakes glow on a world map.

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 ...

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 ...

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