Aon plc has launched a new earthquake model for Canada, one that takes into account the well-known risk in western provinces but also the lesser-known risk in eastern Canada. The model is based on the ...

Graph depicts relative insured earthquake losses for the four highest-risk provinces. Don Windeler The number and cost of natural disasters that hit the global market in 2005 was remarkable. Driven ...

Boston, July 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced the release of its updated Earthquake Model for Australia. These updates were prompted by ...

When a slab slides beneath an overriding plate in a subduction zone, the slab takes on a property called anisotropy, meaning its strength is not the same in all directions. Anisotropy is what causes a ...

BOSTON, July 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide has announced the release of significantly updated AIR Earthquake and Typhoon Models for Japan. The past several ...

BUTUAN CITY – In collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-PHIVOLCS), the city government of Butuan launched on March 11 ...

No one knows when the next major earthquake will strike. In the meantime, researchers are working to understand how these ...

Canterbury University has done a large scale test on the sort of steel frame and concrete multistories common in New Zealand.