Earthquake
Discover the latest commentary on major earthquakes around the globe together with new insights on earthquake risk modeling.
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Friday 13th and the Long-Term Cost of False Alarms
If the prospect of flooding along the East Coast of England earlier this month was hard to forecast, the newspaper headlines the next day were…
After the devastating 2015 earthquake how is Nep...
It’s more than 20 months since a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal in April 2015, swiftly followed by another earthquake of magnitude 7.3 the…
The Cost of Shaking in Oklahoma: Earthquakes Cau...
It was back in 2009 that the inhabitants of northern Oklahoma first noticed the vibrations. Initially only once or twice a year, but then…
Indonesia’s Protection Gap – How the Sumatra Ear...
On December 7, 2016, a shallow magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck northern Sumatra in Indonesia, severely damaging or destroying more than ten…
Understanding Risk Accumulations in Taiwan’s Sci...
“The 6.4 magnitude Tainan earthquake in February 2016 resulted in a sizeable insured loss from the high-tech industrial risks and reminded the…
“Italy is Stronger than any Earthquake”
Those were the words of the then Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, in the aftermath of two earthquakes on the same day, October 26, 2016.…
