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.

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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 ...

Integrate science, engineering, and social science information in an advanced GIS-based platform to improve earthquake risk assessment and loss estimation. Model expected and improvised emergency ...

In addition, the representative from the tribal association told us that since there was no outreach ... are located in areas identified as high risk to earthquakes. GAO says that by conducting a ...

ERN Natural Risk Assessment, in conjunction with Risk, Engineering and Development (RED), recently launched a pan-European earthquake risk ... partner to help us with the implementations and ...

If it gets hit by a tsunami...." It turns out that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has calculated the odds of an earthquake ... Safety/Risk Assessment," August 2010. PDF file.