N early 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake in the next ... “And in the case of these maps, we have increased the hazard in many areas because we have added ...

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 ...

A series of small earthquakes shook the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The hazard map is used to improve earthquake-resilient construction in the United States. Even though recent social media posts have overblown the scale of the damage a large New Madrid earthquake ...