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earthquake hazards and prediction earthquake hazards and prediction Many of the world's greatest natural disasters have been due to earthquakes (Table 1). In part, this is because earthquakes, like hurricanes and storms, can generate severe effects over large areas. The hazards from...
January 1, 2000; The Oxford Companion to the Earth
Getting the most out of earthquake insurance. (Aftershock: Preparing Business for Disaster) Earthquake insurance is on almost everybody's mind these days...insurance companies are being besieged by questions about earthquake insurance -- both from insureds who want to know about...policies. Most companies currently have a moratorium on new earthquake policies until March 18. In the interim, now is ...
February 28, 1994; Los Angeles Business Journal
Earthquake mitigation is urged by Sen. Gore. (Albert Gore) Earthquake Mitigation Is Urged By Sen. Gore WASHINGTON--Sen. Albert Gore Jr., D- Tenn., strongly urged insurers to add an earthquake damage mitigation provision to the industry's Earthquake Project to pick up the support it needs in Congress. He reminded industry members of the...
March 19, 1990; National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management
Separate insurance needed for earthquake coverage The severe earthquake that struck Southern California Oct. 1 has intensified...about the cost, availability and utilization of earthquake insurance. The catastrophic potential for loss in earthquakes is a uniquely scary prospect for insurance companies...
October 11, 1987; Chicago Sun-Times
Strong earthquake would bury industry reserves. (IIS Report) Strong Earthquake Would Bury Industry Reserves CHICAGO...better than 50-50 chance that a major earthquake will strike a densely populated area...studies, he said, indicate that a great earthquake occurring on the Newport-Inglewood...
July 17, 1989; National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management
s insurers. (San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake, 1989) California Earthquake Rocks Insurers Insurers are shifting...policy-holders recover from a major earthquake which crippled the region last week...region since April 18, 1906, when an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.3...
October 23, 1989; National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management
earthquake seismology earthquake seismology The first recorded accounts of earthquakes date back to 2000 bc. However, the era of earthquake seismology as a modern science began in the late 1800s with the installation of sensitive...
January 1, 2000; The Oxford Companion to the Earth
Estimating earthquake losses. Estimating Earthquake Losses Accurately predicting when or where earthquakes will occur is not yet possible, but estimating...potential quakes on cities can help in preparing for earthquakes and thus reducing their destructiveness. Pre-quake...
July 1, 1989; The Futurist
Interest in earthquake cover grows in Midwest. Interest In Earthquake Cover Grows In Midwest The demand for earthquake coverage in the Midwest was escalating at a rapid...that on Dec. 3 there is a 50/50 chance that a major earthquake will occur in one of three places - the New Madrid...
October 8, 1990; National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management
THE GUINNESS BOOK OF AMAZING NATURE: EARTHQUAKES; PART ONE: RESTLESS EARTH Every year half a million earthquakes shake the planet. Most are minor, but 100 a year are so violent they release more energy than an atomic bomb, with a huge cost in human life.(Features) AN EARTHQUAKE is the trembling of the ground produced...into the air. Why do quakes happen? Earthquakes are caused when huge forces are exerted...It is these waves that constitute the earthquake and that can cause great damage. Mississippi...
November 1, 1998; Sunday Mirror (London, England)
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