Earthquake
Discover the latest commentary on major earthquakes around the globe together with new insights on earthquake risk modeling.
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The Great Kanto Earthquake: 100-Year Retrospective
At 11:58 JST on Saturday, September 1, 1923, an Mw7.9 earthquake struck the Tokyo, Japan region. The reported ground shaking lasted longer…
From Record Heat to Record Rainfall: Tropical St...
California and the dry desert states of Arizona and Nevada are used to breaking temperature records. It was only in July that Phoenix,…
The Kahramanmaraş Earthquake Sequence: Moody’s R...
On Monday, February 6, a magnitude Mw7.8 earthquake struck southern Turkey, an earthquake that then caused many aftershocks, including three…
USGS 2023 National Seismic Hazard Model Project ...
It was a privilege that the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) selected Moody’s RMS headquarters in Newark, California, to host their public…
Turkey/Syria Earthquakes: Concrete Construction ...
Pictures of the devastation in southern Turkey and northern Syria from the Mw7.8 and Mw7.5 earthquakes on February 6, 2023, generate a…
Turkey/Syria Earthquakes: Capturing the Scale of...
There is a sense of shock around the globe as reports show the severity and extent of the damage across southern Turkey and northern Syria,…
