Other sections of this part of the country are prone to earthquakes, but can expect fewer quakes of smaller magnitude. Below is a map showing the risk of damage by earthquakes for the continental ...

Source: United States Geological Survey | Notes: Shaking categories are based on the Modified Mercalli Intensity scale. When ...

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake that struck Monday morning off the coast of Maine was felt in at least nine states, according to United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports. Thousands of reports ...

A preliminary earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale hit 31.1 kilometers southeast of Port Angeles, Washington near the Olympic National Park.

Geophysical events (such as earthquakes), wildfires ... the region as the map suggests. County level hazard-induced mortality for the contiguous United States shows more spatial variability ...

The first main earthquake hazard (danger) is the effect of ground shaking. Buildings can be damaged by the shaking itself or by the ground beneath them settling to a different level than it was before ...

Background: Studies on natural hazard mortality are most often hazard-specific (e.g. floods, earthquakes ... deaths from natural hazards in the United States. Perhaps the biggest hindrance ...