Earthquake

Before there were accepted scientific explanations for them, earthquakes were generally blamed on angry gods or the behavior of enormous mythical creatures.

Tsunamis are a coastal phenomenon, and New Zealand is vulnerable to local and regional tsunamis as well as tsunamis from distant trans-ocean basin earthquakes.

Southern California was just rocked by two major earthquakes only 34 hours and ~7 miles (11 km) apart in the region between the Searles Valley and Ridgecrest.

AIR has a long and proud history of sending out engineering teams to conduct damage surveys in the wake of major catastrophe events.

Seismic hazard maps use all available seismological and geological information to convey potential maximum expected ground motions over a particular period of time.

The Philippines has experienced two significant earthquakes this week, which is a reminder that it is located in one of the world’s most seismically active regions.

This is not an overly scientific explanation of a long-lost "Seinfeld" joke; it’s a question we heard quite frequently when we were meeting with clients in New Zealand.

In June 2018 a stadium full of partisan soccer fans jumping with excitement as their team scored a surprise World Cup victory over Germany in Mexico City registered as an earthquake. Find out why.

The notion that 10% of high-rise structures in San Francisco could collapse during a major earthquake has unsurprisingly gotten a great deal of attention. Is it true?

Although California had experienced major earthquakes prior to the January 17, 1994, Northridge earthquake, none had as lasting an effect on California's earthquake insurance industry