earthquake
AIR Worldwide : M6.2 earthquake strikes Taiwan late Sunday night
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck central Taiwan Sunday night, June 2, 2013, at 9:43 p.m. local time...
AIR Worldwide : M6.6 earthquake strikes China’s Sichuan Province, buildings leveled in rural villages
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, A strong earthquake shook a largely rural region of China's Sichuan province on April 20 at 8:02...
AIR Worldwide : powerful M7.8 earthquake strikes Iran-Pakistan border
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, just after 3:00 p.m. local time (10:44 UTC) on April 16, a powerful M7.8 earthquake struck a...
AIR Worldwide : M6.3 quake strikes Iran coast near Nuclear Plant, Minimal Insured Losses Expected
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide a M6.3 earthquake struck 55 miles southeast of Bandar Bushehr near Iran’s southwest coast, however insurance losses...
AIR Worldwide : Earthquake Rattles Central Taiwan, Causing Minor Building Damage
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck central Taiwan on March 27, 2013, at 10:03 a.m. local time (02:03:20...
AIR Worldwide : little damage reported from Japan 7.3 magnitude earthquake
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan on December 7 2012, 270 kilometers...
RMS : updates its Japan Earthquake Model
RMS today announced the release of an update to its Japan Earthquake Model, incorporating a re-characterization of hazard resulting from the 2011 Great East...
AIR Worldwide : moderate earthquake hits Victoria State in Australia
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, at 10:53 UTC this morning, the biggest earthquake to hit Victoria, Australia, in more than a century...
RMS : comments on Italy earthquake
At 07:00 UTC on Tuesday, May 29 a Mw5.8 (moment magnitude) earthquake struck the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, just over a week after a...
RMS comments on Italy earthquake
Shortly after 02:00 UTC on Sunday, May 20, a Mw6.0 (moment magnitude) earthquake struck the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. The USGS have reported...
Philippine quake to cost economy $1bn, industry $100m
The earthquake which occured in the Philippines this week is expected to cost the regions economy around USD1 billion (£629m) but only USD100 million...
Swiss : earthquake-prone countries remain uninsured
Much of the world, even country’s prone to seismic events, is dangerously under insured for earthquakes, a new Swiss Re paper has revealed.
Despite last...
RMS : even moderate new Madrid earthquake could generate up to USD50 billion in insured losses
The year 2011 marks the 200th anniversary of the first in a sequence of three Magnitude 7 or greater earthquakes that occurred over a...
RMS : commentary on Oklahoma Mw5.6 earthquake
On Saturday, November 5, (22:53 local time) a moderate moment magnitude Mw5.6 earthquake occurred in central Oklahoma. The USGS have reported a depth of...
AIR Worldwide : buildings collapsed in 7.2 magnitude earthquake in eastern Turkey
A powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey this Sunday near the city of Van with an estimated population of 370,000.
Turkey's Kandilli Observatory issued a preliminary...
RMS : earthquake struck Sikkim, India
The region of Sikkim in India was struck by a magnitude 6.9 (moment magnitude) earthquake on Sunday. The USGS have released a depth estimate of...
Swiss Re : 2011 second most expensive for catastrophe loss
Earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand, storms in the United States and floods in Brazil have caused widespread death and disrupted the lives of...
US : US East Coast struck by earthquake,
A strong earthquake struck the U.S. East Coast and was felt as far away as Canada on Tuesday, shaking buildings in many cities, delaying...
Kyrgyzstan : powerful earthquake struck in the south
A 6.2 earthquake struck a remote area in southern Kyrgyzstan on the border with Uzbekistan according to the US Geological Survey.
No casualties or serious...
Analysis : RMS releases insured loss estimates for Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
Based on a combination of detailed modeling and analysis of preliminary damage information, Risk Management Solutions (RMS) estimates the total insured property loss from...
