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Tajikistan, Mudbrick Homes and Earthquake Insurance
Thousands of people in the Vanch region of Tajikistan are homeless in the wake of Saturday’s magnitude 5.3 earthquake. The quake caused massive damage, even though its size is considered “moderate.”...
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I plugged in my old address in Altadena, California to this site’s damage estimator, and placed a magnitude 7.5 earthquake (a plausible event) on the San Andreas fault. I placed the epicenter near...
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Sixteen years ago this week, the world’s eyes were on the Los Angeles, California region. The devastating January 17,1994 Northridge magnitude 6.7 earthquake had just killed 57 people, injured 10,000...
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OpenHazards.com Predictions Align with Chile Earthquake Observations
Saturday, February 28, 2010: Still reeling from the devastating effects of the magnitude 7.0 Haiti earthquake of January 12, 2010, the world today is witnessing immense destruction and life loss in the...
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People who live anywhere along the Earth’s tectonic plate boundaries (the so-called “ring of fire” know that at any time “the big one” – a really, really large, damaging earthquake – could happen. The...
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Tajikistan, Mudbrick Homes and Earthquake Insurance
Thousands of people in the Vanch region of Tajikistan are homeless in the wake of Saturday’s magnitude 5.3 earthquake. The quake caused massive damage, even though its size is considered “moderate.”...
View ArticleU.S. Risk and Earthquake Insurance
A basic homeowner’s insurance policy in the U.S. does not cover earthquake related loss or damage. Although 90% of the country's population lives in seismically active areas, only a fraction are...
View ArticleAre You At Risk?
You’re walking across a street when you notice a car speeding toward you. Will it hit you?Think. Where are you in relation to the speeding car? Does the driver see you? Will you make it across the...
View ArticlePotential Earthquake Damage and Important Decisions.
I plugged in my old address in Altadena, California to this site’s damage estimator, and placed a magnitude 7.5 earthquake (a plausible event) on the San Andreas fault. I placed the epicenter near...
View ArticleForecasting Accuracy, Data Quality and the Haiti Earthquake
Open Hazards Group forecast a probability of less than 1% that an earthquake the size of the January 12, 2010 Haiti earthquake would occur within a 100 km radius of the actual location. Why? Open...
View ArticleHelp for Haiti: Links
News and images of the January 12th Haiti earthquake and its aftershocks are unspeakably horrendous. As we join millions of others around the world in support of coordinated relief efforts, we also...
View ArticleWill Insurance Cover Haiti's Losses? Sorry, Bad News.
Sixteen years ago this week, the world’s eyes were on the Los Angeles, California region. The devastating January 17,1994 Northridge magnitude 6.7 earthquake had just killed 57 people, injured 10,000...
View ArticleEarthquakes and Myths
"Myths are stories told by people about people: where they come from, how they handle major disasters, how they cope with what they must and how everything will end.” – Robert O’Connell I frequently...
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OpenHazards.com Predictions Align with Chile Earthquake Observations
Saturday, February 28, 2010: Still reeling from the devastating effects of the magnitude 7.0 Haiti earthquake of January 12, 2010, the world today is witnessing immense destruction and life loss in the...
View ArticleWhat would a really “Big One” look like?
People who live anywhere along the Earth’s tectonic plate boundaries (the so-called “ring of fire” know that at any time “the big one” – a really, really large, damaging earthquake – could happen. The...
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