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 US has grown so much and so much has ... which is used to inform policies, building codes, risk assessments and earthquake preparation plans. The greatest risks are in southern Alaska ...

N early 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake in the next 100 ... to include all 50 states in a single USGS assessment, and it shows risk in some places that ...

Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s ...

But a new study found a long-feared, deadly earthquake off Northern California could cause catastrophic flooding. The report says coastal areas could shrink by more than six feet in a matter of ...

SEATTLE — The threat of an earthquake at any given moment in Washington ... megathrust faults and often don’t produce a tsunami risk. The most common fault in the Northwest is the Crustal.

SEATTLE — The threat of an earthquake at any given moment in Washington ... megathrust faults and often don’t produce a tsunami risk. The most common fault in the Northwest is the Crustal.