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2018 USGS Hazard Map Updates: Is RMS Revising th...

In March 2018, RMS hosted the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) workshop at our Newark headquarters in California to discuss the interim updates…
MyShake: New App Unveiled for California Earthqu...

As my colleague Mohsen Rahnama reminded us in his recent blog, the last destructive earthquake to strike Northern California was on October 17…
The Mw7.1 – 2019 Ridgecrest (California) Earthqu...

The recent events that shook a relatively remote part of the Mojave Desert region of Eastern California provide an acute reminder of the major…
Earthquakes and Tall Buildings: Any Changes for ...

A recent article entitled “A Seismic Change in Predicting How Earthquakes Will Shake Tall Buildings” that appeared in the New York Times on…
The HayWired Earthquake Scenario: An RMS View on...

New findings into the effect of a magnitude 7.0 earthquake originating from the 74 mile-long (119 kilometer) Hayward Fault in the California…
Earthquakes in Oklahoma: An Update on Induced Se...

During 2017, Oklahoma and southern Kansas experienced Mw 3+ earthquakes more frequently than in California. Although the annual count of…
