What to make of ANZ's latest offer Nov 14, 2009
It's akin to an insurance company underpricing earthquake risk; in most years they'll simply rake in the premiums. But if the big one hits, they'll rapidly discover they weren't being adequately compensated for the risk they were taking. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
20 years later, experts predict bigger quake Oct 17, 2009
The area's two major faults, San Andreas and Hayward, have stored enough energy from plate movements to unleash a temblor that would dwarf the damage wrought 20 years ago, according to Mary Lou Zoback, vice president of Earthquake Risk Applications at Risk Management Solutions in Newark, Calif. She spoke Thursday evening at a Stanford University symposium commemorating the 20th anniversary of Loma Prieta. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
The New Madrid Earthquake Oct 15, 2009
Earthquake Risk in the United StatesPresently the highest earthquake risk in the United States outside the West Coast is along the New Madrid Fault Zone. This fault system extends 120 miles southward from the Charleston, Missouri and Cairo, Illinois area through New Madrid, Missouri. (Suite101.com)
Letters to the editor Oct 14, 2009
However, the public should also know that our per capita earthquake risk has been steadily diminishing, thanks in part to the work done by structural engineers. We work to improve our analytical and design methods, to update our building codes based on the latest seismic research. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Bangladesh prepares for earthquake risk Oct 6, 2009
Mon, 5 Oct 23:05:43 GMT. DHAKA, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Bangladesh is trying to collect equipment and train 60,000 volunteers to join in rescue operations should a strong earthquake hit the country, the disaster management minister said on Sunday. (AlertNet)
Distant faults Oct 1, 2009
It is possible that the strength of faults and earthquake risk is affected by seismic events on the other side of the world ... " Fenglin Niu from Carnegie, who also took part in the research, said: "So it is possible that the strength of faults and earthquake risk is affected by seismic events on the other side of the world. (BBC News -- Americas)
Gazprom seeksfar-eastern riches Sep 24, 2009
They also argued that the pipeline's planners ignored a potential earthquake risk in the area. Gazprom has estimated local demand in Khabarovsk region at 3 bcm per year, 4. (Asia Times Online)
Minor earthquake rattles central Alaska Aug 23, 2009
Earthquake Resistant Design and Risk Reduction, 2nd edition is based upon global research and development work over the last 50 years or more, and follows the author's series of three books Earthquake Resistant Design, 1st and 2nd editions (1977 and 1987), and Earthquake Risk Reduction (2003). Many advances have been made since the 2003 edition of Earthquake Risk Reduction, and there is every sign that this rate of progress will continue apace in the years to come. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Drilling complications said to delay geothermal energy project Aug 21, 2009
Effort already under review for earthquake risk. By New York Times / August 21, 2009. (Boston Globe)
Most Calif. hospitals assessed under new system can delay costly earthquake safety repairs Aug 11, 2009
That s more than two-thirds of the 282 hospitals reassessed under a new method to measure earthquake risk. Seventy-five hospitals flunked and must be repaired in four to six years or stop providing acute care. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
San Andreas Fault: Increased Earthquake Risk? Jul 10, 2009
Tremors On Southern San Andreas Fault May Mean Increased Earthquake Risk ... Tremors On Southern San Andreas Fault May Mean Increased Earthquake Risk. (Science Daily)
OCEANSIDE: Tri-City earthquake bill clears state Assembly Jun 4, 2009
However, the state has a new computer program that is more precise in determining a building's true earthquake risk ... The hospital is simultaneously working with regulators to get the building shifted into a category of less severe earthquake risk. (North County Times)
What to dub City College cash drain? Apr 19, 2009
People battled to save the courthouse, which was thought to be an earthquake risk, for six years before it was demolished in 1966. Preservationists, the children of preservationists and even their grandchildren have been mad ever since. (Fresno Bee)
California's central coast earthquake hazards: New information about recently identified faults Apr 9, 2009
This area of increasing population growth ranks as one of the top 40 U.S. metropolitan areas with significant earthquake risk. Speakers from the US Geological Survey, PGacademia will compare fresh data to illuminate the complexity of faulting in the central California coastal region. (EurekAlert!)
Earthquake safety work won't close Ahwahnee Hotel Mar 28, 2009
Park officials said the earthquake risk at the park is quite low compared to the rest of the state. If the hotel were to close for the next two years, as news reports suggested, Mariposa County would lose millions of dollars in hotel taxes. (Fresno Bee)
