By: Pierre P | 2011-08-24 | Journalism Virginia is located near the center of the North American plate and, thus, experiences a much lower rate of seismicity than California. Another difference is that California earthquakes often break the ground surface, while earthquakes in Virginia usually occur on faults at depths of from 3 to 15 miles. Thus, the earthquakes felt in the Commonwealth today generally have no relationship with faults read more
By: beamalife | 2010-11-03 | Insurance Most homeowners policies have very limited coverage for earthquake damage--excluding direct loss from earth movement but covering loss by a subsequent fire, explosion, breakage of glass, or theft. As a result, if you live in an area prone to earthquakes, you may want to purchase additional coverage with earthquake insurance. read more
By: beamalife | 2010-11-03 | Insurance Most homeowners policies have very limited coverage for earthquake damage--excluding direct loss from earth movement but covering loss by a subsequent fire, explosion, breakage of glass, or theft. As a result, if you live in an area prone to earthquakes, you may want to purchase additional coverage with earthquake insurance. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-11-07 | News and society A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit Oklahoma on New Madrid Fault Saturday, followed by aftershocks Sunday, damaged at least 14 homes but luckily no one was seriously injured. The earthquake which was the reportedly strongest earthquake in Oklahoma history was felt as far away as Texas, Illinois and Wisconsin. According to the Geological Survey, the largest earthquake previously recorded in Oklahoma was a 5.5-magnitude tremor in 1952. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-08-24 | News and society A 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit Virginia at 1:51 pm EDT and was felt across much of the East Coast on Tuesday, August 23, 2011, causing terrifying consequences from Washington D.C. to New York. read more
By: brent wood | 2011-03-24 | Immigration On March 11, 2011, Japan was hit with a powerful 9.0-magnitude earthquake, a devastating subsequent tsunami and nuclear crisis that have affected thousands of people, in Japan and around the world. read more
By: Tom Selwick | 2010-09-28 | Article Marketing Earthquakes could strike any part of the United States. It is important that you are properly prepared to deal with one. read more
By: power balance | 2011-02-23 | News and society A powerful earthquake struck one of New Zealand"??s biggest cities Tuesday at the height of a busy workday, toppling tall buildings and churches, crushing buses and killing at least 65 people in one of the country"??s worst natural disasters. read more
By: Forest Serrano | 2011-04-09 | Recreation & Sports It is not that hard to believe that the Thunder do very well in addition to developing little league vast identification more and more each year. The actual teams nucleus contains several of the littl... read more
By: MBA Universe | 2011-07-26 | College Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) has announced the date of the written entrance exam for the admission in IIFT Delhi and Kolkata for the academic year 2012-14. The date of the IIFT 2011 exam is Sunday, November 27, 2011. read more