earthquake

The New York Times: Thomas Fuller, Anjali Singhvi, and Josh Williams- Due to the housing shortage in San Francisco, the city built upwards, creating taller buildings that are located extremely close to one and other. As a result, experts are taking a closer look at the city’s building regulations…

Rong-Gong Lin II, LA Times: The California Geological Survey recently released an interactive online map, which allows users to view fault zones, landslide zones, and liquefaction zones across the state. Individuals can enter their address or current location into the search bar and the map will…

Image from United States Geographical Survey (USGS) National Earthquake Information Center James Queally reported in the Los Angeles Times: Recently there has been a multitude of low-impact earthquakes striking the Bay Area. Early Monday morning, Diablo experienced a 2.9 magnitude earthquake…

Dakin Andone, Elisabeth Malkin, Melissa Pamer- This weekend, multiple earthquakes took place across the world. In the United States, Los Angeles felt a small earthquake of a magnitude of 2.9 on February 17th at 2:16 AM. No damage or injuries are reported. Also on Saturday, Wales had a 4.4…

South China Morning Post- Rescuers called off the search on Sunday for the last pair of individuals still reported missing due to Taiwan’s most recent devastating earthquake, after one individual’s body was found on Sunday morning. Including the missing pair, the death toll for the 6.4 earthquake…

New York Times: There was a record increase in the number of new earthquake insurance customers this past year, according to the earthquake authority. The issue with this significant increase is that earthquake insurance companies have to buy more reinsurance, the insurance they buy for themselves,…

The Verge: The Gulf of Alaska recently experienced a 7.9 magnitude earthquake. Tsunami warnings were issued, causing many to flee from their homes. These warnings were later cancelled after waves were less than a foot high. This type of earthquake is known as a strike-slip quake, and is less prone…