The U.S. Geological Survey released new earthquake hazard maps for the nation on Thursday, expanding seismic risk areas along the East Coast and in California, among other areas. The maps and ...

While the West remains the USA's primary hot spot for earthquakes, hazards appear to be growing in parts of the eastern and central U.S., according to a report and map released Thursday by the U.S ...

Some 230 million people in the United States face the potential of damaging earthquakes in 100 years, according to the latest U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model, or NSHM. That’s about 40 million ...

In its update to the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Maps using the latest earthquake data, the USGS found that 16 states are at high risk for experiencing a damaging earthquake in the next half century.

The risk assessments were derived in part from a US Geological Survey study that created earthquake models to help inform municipalities and insurance companies about such hazards.

The U.S. Geological Survey’s new earthquakes hazard map, which helps states and government officials determine insurance rates and building codes, is in part a reaction to the historic increase ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- There's a new way you can determine if you live in an earthquake hazard zone. The California Geological Survey released a new app that can show block by block if your home ...

The latest version of the U.S. Geological Survey’s earthquake hazard model, issued last week, shows “a chance for greater shaking” from earthquakes in California than previous iterations ...