Earthquake Risk

March 21, 2023

M6.8 Earthquake Near the Coast of Ecuador

CoreLogic estimates that insurable losses from the Ecuador earthquake will be up to $600 million.

February 21, 2023

Another Earthquake in Turkey: M6.3 Earthquake Near Turkey-Syria Border

Just two weeks after a sequence of powerful earthquakes struck near the Turkey and Syria border, a magnitude (M) 6.3 earthquake impacted areas west of Aleppo, Syria.

February 7, 2023

M7.5 – 7.8 Earthquake Sequence Near Turkey-Syria Border

A sequence of powerful earthquakes struck near the Turkey-Syria border, with three of the earthquakes registering magnitudes exceeding 6.5.

December 21, 2022

Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake Leaves 70% of Homes in Humboldt County Wit...

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck near Humboldt County, California early on Dec. 20 leaving approximately 70,000 homes without power.

July 27, 2022

Three Things to Know: Luzon, Philippines Magnitude (M) 7.0 Earthquake

A M7.0 earthquake struck beneath the island of Luzon, Philippines early Wednesday July 27, 2022 The major earthquake struck early Wednesday morning in Abra Province in northwestern Luzon at 8:43 AM local time (00:43 UTC) at a very shallow depth of 10.0 km. The earthquake was the result of oblique...

June 29, 2022

Three Things to Know: M5.9 Earthquake Khōst, Afghanistan

A magnitude (M) 5.9 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan in the early morning hours of June 22

August 16, 2021

Three Things to Know About the Haiti Earthquake

A M7.2 earthquake struck Haiti over the weekend: On August 14th at 12.29 UTC, a M7.2 earthquake struck Haiti at 10km depth, about 75 miles west of the capital Port-au-Prince.

March 29, 2021

10 Years Later: The Great Tohoku Earthquake

Located in one of the most seismically active regions of the world, Japan is no stranger to earthquakes. Ten years ago today, on March 11, 2011, a magnitude (M) 9.0/9.1[1] earthquake occurred on the Japan Trench. It was the fourth most powerful recorded earthquake in the world. This event wo...

March 22, 2021

Alabama Tornado Outbreaks of March 17, 2021 and April 27, 2011

March 22, 2021 | 4:05pm CT The March 17, 2021 Alabama tornado outbreak was a high-risk event. Another notable high-risk event over Alabama was April 27, 2011, an event known as the 2011 Super Outbreak. That event produced 216 tornadoes, including 11 EF4 and 4 EF5 tornadoes, and was responsible fo...

October 30, 2020

Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake in Turkey and Greece

On Friday, 30 October, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the sea near the Turkey and Greece borders at a shallow depth. The earthquake struck some 120 miles south of the western-most section of the North Anatolian fault, the seismic source that drives the majority of risk in Turkey.  The mom...

March 24, 2020

Think Like a Seismologist

Do you ever hear that an earthquake has occurred and wonder if it will be damaging? Or wonder why you’ll hear that a Magnitude 6 earthquake caused a lot of damage, but a Magnitude 7 did not? Today I’ll offer some insights on how to think about earthquakes like a seismologist. The first ...

January 28, 2020

Earthquake: M7.7 Near Cuba

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurred on January 28 at 2:10 PM EST, situated about 75 miles northwest of Jamaica, approximately 80 miles southwest of Cuba’s Bayamo state. Strong ground motions have been reported in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The earthquake occurred along the northern margins of the Cari...