a new United States Geological Survey map shows. The new USGS National Seismic Hazard Model released Tuesday -- nearly 30 years to the day of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake in Los Angeles -- shows ...

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 ...

(NEXSTAR) — While areas like California and the West Coast may be top of mind when you think of where earthquakes occur in the U.S., a new report shows nearly 75% of the country could experience ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Up the coast, Washington has hazard maps made for multiple tsunami scenarios. The metropolitan city of Seattle — home to more than 730,000 — is at risk in both a Seattle Fault earthquake ...

A tsunami warning was issued across Northern California on Thursday morning following a magnitude 7 earthquake ... you’re in a tsunami hazard zone, and no maps or evacuation signs are available ...

Coastal areas in Northern California began evacuating residents after a 7.0 earthquake off Humboldt ... whether you’re in a tsunami hazard zone, and no maps or evacuation signs are available ...