N early 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake in the next ... “And in the case of these maps, we have increased the hazard in many areas because we have added ...

This USGS map of the California-Nevada ... For the basics in earthquake cartography—learn how hazard maps are made and what they mean.

Earthquake preparation hinges in large part on the expertise of scientists and engineers in federal agencies who develop ...

The US experiences violent earthquakes, but the damage and death toll is much lower than in many countries because of the ...

"Hazard maps for California as well as Japan, Italy, Nepal and France all seemed to overpredict the historically observed earthquake shaking intensities. The hazard maps were made by groups in ...

The U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS) insists that earthquake forecasting is not possible. Thus, the agency only calculates the ...

(WKBN) — The United States Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed that an earthquake impacted parts ... Here’s a look at the USGS ...