Magnitude 5+ Earthquakes – Global
5.2 Earthquake hits Vanuatu.
5.2 Earthquake hits Papua, Indonesia.
5.1 Earthquake hits the Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea.
5.0 Earthquake hits the Kuril Islands.
Earthquake map highlights rising U.S. risks
A new federal earthquake map dials up the shaking hazard just a bit for about half of the United States and lowers it for nearly a quarter of the nation.
The U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS) updated its national seismic hazard maps on Thursday for the first time since 2008, taking into account research from the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami off the Japanese coast and the surprise 2011 Virginia temblor.
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