Latest Earthquake Headlines
All the headlines from our Earthquake Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Another Mag 4.0 Earthquake Reported in Northwest Oklahoma
Aug 15 2016 // The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 4.0 magnitude earthquake in northwestern Oklahoma. The USGS says the quake was recorded at 12:27 a.m. 12 miles northeast of Helena, about 85 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. There have...
4.0 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Central Oklahoma
Aug 11 2016 // The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake that rattled central Oklahoma on Aug. 10 had a preliminary magnitude of 4.0. It struck shortly after 6 a.m. with an epicenter in Luther, about 23 miles northeast of Oklahoma...
Can States Stop Man-Made Earthquakes?
Jul 21 2016 // Stopping an earthquake before it starts? It sounds like a feat possible only for a superhero. But in Kansas and Oklahoma state policymakers are showing that insofar as humans are causing earthquakes, they can stop them,...
Global Insured Losses Hit $30B in 1H 2016, 30% of Economic Losses: Aon Benfield
Jul 21 2016 // Preliminary global economic losses reached US$98 billion during the first half of 2016, while global insured losses hit US$30 billion – their highest levels since 2011, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon...
Storms & Earthquakes Drive Up Insured Losses in 1H 2016: Munich Re
Jul 13 2016 // Economic losses caused by natural catastrophes in the first half of 2016 totaled US$70 billion, a significant increase from the $59 billion reported for the first half of last year, according to a loss review issued by...
Quake Rattles Portions of North Central Oklahoma
Jul 5 2016 // An earthquake has rattled part of north central Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 12:32 p.m. Sunday about five miles northwest of Yale in Payne County. The earthquake was...
California Earthquake Authority Wins Top Marketing Award
Jul 1 2016 // The California Earthquake Authority won the SAMMY Award for “overall Best of Show” at the 58th Annual Insurance Marketing & Communications Association Showcase Awards Gala. The SAMMY Award was voted on by...
AIR Worldwide Introduces Earthquake Model for India
Jun 28 2016 // Catastrophe risk modeler AIR Worldwide, a Verisk Analytics business, has released a new earthquake model for India that estimates losses to residential, commercial and small industrial buildings as well as automobiles. The...
AIR Expands Earthquake, Typhoon Models for Southeast Asia
Jun 20 2016 // Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) said it has “significantly expanded” its earthquake and typhoon models for Southeast Asia. The new earthquake model features the ability to account for the...
Oklahoma Commissioner Deems Earthquake Coverage ‘Non-Competitive’
Jun 20 2016 // Oklahoma’s top insurance regulator says there’s a definite lack of competition in the state’s earthquake insurance market and has ordered insurers to change the way they file rates for the coverage in the...
Missouri Regulator: Risk Increases as Earthquake Insurance Market Shrinks
Jun 9 2016 // More than a half million Missourians are at risk because of the contracting earthquake insurance market, Missouri Department of Insurance Director John M. Huff said during the recent Heartland Insurance Symposium in Kansas...
Doak Deems Oklahoma Earthquake Insurance Market ‘Noncompetive’
Jun 8 2016 // Oklahoma’s top insurance regulator has determined that there’s a definite lack of competition in the earthquake insurance market in Oklahoma and ordered insurers to change the way they file rates for the...
Oklahoma Energy Companies Ask Judge to Dismiss Earthquake Lawsuit
Jun 6 2016 // Three Oklahoma energy companies want a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit demanding they reduce injection volumes at wastewater disposal wells that could be triggering earthquakes. The lawsuit was filed in February by...
Regulators: 4 Insurers Hold 55% of the Oklahoma Earthquake Market
Jun 6 2016 // At a May 24 hearing on the competitiveness of earthquake insurance coverage in Oklahoma state insurance regulators released data showing four insurance companies hold 55 percent of the market. That’s a concern for...
Oklahoma Commissioner: 4 Insurers Have 55% of Earthquake Market
May 25 2016 // Data released at a May 24 hearing to determine the competitiveness of earthquake insurance coverage in Oklahoma shows that four insurance companies have 55 percent of the market in the state. That’s a concern for...
Oklahoma Regulators Warn Insurers on Earthquake Coverage Hikes
May 25 2016 // Oklahoma regulators grappling with a massive increase in small earthquakes in the state linked to growing oil and gas production said on May 24 they were concerned with spiking rates for earthquake insurance coverage and...
Oregon Transportation Needs Include Preparing for Earthquake Damage
May 25 2016 // A major fault off the Oregon Coast is expected to produce an earthquake, and transportation officials say preparing for that event needs to be a top priority. The Medford Mail Tribune reported a Cascadia Subduction Zone...
AIA Urges Mitigation, not Regulation to Ease Oklahoma’s Quake Coverage Woes
May 24 2016 // In testimony submitted to Oklahoma’s insurance commissioner, the American Insurance Association (AIA) has suggested that the state look at mitigation, rather than further regulation of the earthquake insurance market...
Earthquake Resilience & The Big One
May 23 2016 // Most people aren’t prepared for the big one. If there was one common theme at a three-day earthquake conference in downtown Long Beach, Calif., that was it. The National Earthquake Conference that took place in early...
Insurers Limit Earthquake Exposure in Oklahoma
May 23 2016 // As the number of earthquakes in Oklahoma exploded into the hundreds in the last few years, nearly a dozen insurance companies moved to limit their exposure, often at the expense of homeowners, a Reuters examination has...
