Billions in Liabilities: Man-Made Earthquakes at Europe’s Biggest Gas Field
The Groningen gas field, discovered in 1959, is the largest in Europe and produces up to 15 per cent of the natural gas consumed across the continent. With original reserves of more than 100 trillion...
View ArticleClosing the Resilience Gap: A Tale of Two Countries, Nepal and Chile
On April 25, 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck nearly 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. This resulted in more than 8,600 fatalities, the destruction of around half a...
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“Some six months have passed since the magnitude (Mw) 6.7 earthquake struck Los Angeles County, with an epicenter close to the coast in Long Beach. Total economic loss estimates are more than $30...
View ArticleFrom Real-time Earthquake Forecasts to Operational Earthquake Forecasting – A...
Jochen Wössner, lead modeler, RMS Model Development Delphine Fitzenz, principal modeler, RMS Model Development Earthquake forecasting is in the spotlight again as an unresolved challenge for earth...
View ArticleThe California Earthquake Authority (CEA) and RMS Co-host Webinar to Share...
Together with the California Earthquake Authority (CEA), RMS co-hosted a webinar on May 17 for the CEA’s global panel of catastrophe reinsurers to explore how new earthquake science and RMS modeling...
View Article2018: The Year of the Earthquake Apocalypse?
You may have noticed recent headlines making some scary apocalyptic 2018 earthquake predictions. Scientific thinking generally evolves slowly and thoughtfully. A headline that proclaims a revolutionary...
View ArticleUnderstanding Risk Accumulations in Taiwan’s Science Parks
“The 6.4 magnitude Tainan earthquake in February 2016 resulted in a sizeable insured loss from the high-tech industrial risks and reminded the insurance industry of the potential threat from the risk...
View ArticleIndonesia’s Protection Gap – How the Sumatra Earthquake Shows that Coverage...
On December 7, 2016, a shallow magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck northern Sumatra in Indonesia, severely damaging or destroying more than ten thousand homes and many businesses, as well as causing over a...
View ArticleThe Cost of Shaking in Oklahoma: Earthquakes Caused by Wastewater Disposal
It was back in 2009 that the inhabitants of northern Oklahoma first noticed the vibrations. Initially only once or twice a year, but then every month, and even every week. It was disconcerting rather...
View ArticleAfter the devastating 2015 earthquake how is Nepal recovering?
It’s more than 20 months since a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal in April 2015, swiftly followed by another earthquake of magnitude 7.3 the next month. Nearly 9,000 people died. More than 600,000...
View ArticleBillions in Liabilities: Man-Made Earthquakes at Europe’s Biggest Gas Field
The Groningen gas field, discovered in 1959, is the largest in Europe and produces up to 15 per cent of the natural gas consumed across the continent. With original reserves of more than 100 trillion...
View ArticleClosing the Resilience Gap: A Tale of Two Countries, Nepal and Chile
On April 25, 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck nearly 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. This resulted in more than 8,600 fatalities, the destruction of around half a...
View ArticleHas That Oilfield Caused My Earthquake?
“Some six months have passed since the magnitude (Mw) 6.7 earthquake struck Los Angeles County, with an epicenter close to the coast in Long Beach. Total economic loss estimates are more than $30...
View ArticleFrom Real-time Earthquake Forecasts to Operational Earthquake Forecasting – A...
Jochen Wössner, lead modeler, RMS Model Development Delphine Fitzenz, principal modeler, RMS Model Development Earthquake forecasting is in the spotlight again as an unresolved challenge for earth...
View ArticleThe California Earthquake Authority (CEA) and RMS Co-host Webinar to Share...
Together with the California Earthquake Authority (CEA), RMS co-hosted a webinar on May 17 for the CEA’s global panel of catastrophe reinsurers to explore how new earthquake science and RMS modeling...
View Article2018: The Year of the Earthquake Apocalypse?
You may have noticed recent headlines making some scary apocalyptic 2018 earthquake predictions. Scientific thinking generally evolves slowly and thoughtfully. A headline that proclaims a revolutionary...
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