Nearly 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake in the next 100 years, according to a recently updated map from the U.S. Geological Survey. The map is the first to include ...
Tokyo, one of the world's most densely populated megacities, sits on a highly active seismic zone where the threat of major earthquakes is ever-present. One of the most destructive aspects of seismic ...
EUGENE, Ore. (NBC) -- When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five minutes, and tsunami waves as tall as 100 feet could ...
DEHRADUN: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has issued a new seismic map, placing the entire state of Uttarakhand, including its plains and mountainous regions, into seismic zone 6—the highest ...
The East Tennessee earthquake on May 10 was one of the strongest to hit the region since 1900. The East Tennessee Seismic Zone is an active one, even if it isn't known to produce quakes strong enough ...