Populous Areas Near Utah’s Wasatch Front Fault Lines Prone to Large Quakes May 4, 2020 Fault lines along the Wasatch Front in north-central Utah are much bigger than initially thought, a study said. The Utah...
Earthquake Hits Croatia, a Month After Another Tremor Causes Damages of $6B April 23, 2020 By Jasmina Kuzmanovic An earthquake rattled Croatia’s capital, a month after a stronger tremor left Zagreb in need of $6 billion for renovation,...
Powerful Earthquake Strikes Philippines, Causing Deaths and Damage April 23, 2019 By Ditas Lopez and Andreo Calonzo A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck the Philippines on Tuesday, hitting the central region hours after at least 15 people were killed...
Tsunami-Wrecked Fukushima Nuclear Plant Begins Fuel Removal in Melted Reactor April 18, 2019 By Mari Yamaguchi The operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant began removing fuel Monday [April 15] from a cooling pool at one...
Floods, Earthquake Pummel Indonesia, Killing More Than 80 March 19, 2019 By Jeffrey Pattirajawane The number of people killed after torrential downpours triggered flash floods and mudslides that tore through mountainside villages in Indonesia’s...
Insurance Covered $90B of Natural Disaster Losses in 2018, Leaving 60% Protection Gap January 22, 2019 The economic costs of last year’s 394 natural catastrophe events came to US$225 billion with insurance covering US$90 billion of...
Indonesia Rattled by More Than 11,500 Quakes in 2018 January 14, 2019 By Eko Listiyorini Indonesia was rattled by more than 11,500 earthquakes last year, almost double the annual average of the past decade, according...
Natural Disasters in September Bring Costliest Damages to Date for 2018: Aon Report October 11, 2018 Hurricane, flood, and earthquake damages made September the costliest month for natural catastrophes in 2018, according to a report from...
Indonesia Quake Losses Exceed Several Hundred Million Dollars; Deaths Pass 430 August 14, 2018 The death toll from the earthquake that rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok a week ago has passed 430 and...
July’s Droughts, Wildfires, Floods Caused Billions in Global Economic Losses: Aon August 10, 2018 Many countries across the globe saw worsening in drought-related and wildfire conditions during July, which have led to hundreds of...