Given its location in one of the world's most tectonically ... must be reinforced against earthquakes, he added. Experts also recommended a risk-sensitive map to guide construction and emergency ...

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

In this 2023 update of the national seismic risk map, red areas have the greatest chance of a damaging earthquake occurring ... among the safest in the world, despite substantial seismic hazards ...

Earthquakes are among the most formidable natural disasters, striking with little warning and causing widespread devastation.

Since March 28th, when a powerful earthquake shook Myanmar’s central heartlands, the country’s brutal junta has tried to show the world its softer ... warn of a growing risk from cholera.

Days before a devastating magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Myanmar, flattening buildings and killing thousands, a team of Chinese seismologists published a study warning of a heightened risk of ...

Extreme heat and heavy rain in Myanmar could cause disease outbreaks among earthquake survivors camping in the open, global ...

Many popular vacation destinations, like California, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Thailand and the Caribbean are in active quake ...

Home Gnome, a home services booking company, evaluated 206 of the largest US counties based on earthquake risk, the median age ... of the most dangerous in the world because scientists believe ...

Photo: H.Khoi Although Vietnam is not located on major tectonic belts and is unlikely to experience devastating earthquakes, the country still faces the risk of significant seismic ... typically occur ...

Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. An aftershock is usually a smaller earthquake that follows a larger one ...