More than 143 million Americans live in an earthquake zone and face at least some risk of a damaging earthquake by 2065, according to a U.S. Geological Survey analysis.
Sources
- If You Think You're Safe From Earthquakes, You May Be ... (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/nearly-half-americans-exposed-potentially-damaging-earthquakes (usgs.gov)
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nearly-half-of-americans-at-risk-of-an-earthquake/ (cbsnews.com)
- https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/17/us/americans-earthquake-risk-usgs/index.html (cnn.com)
- https://weather.com/safety/earthquake/news/damaging-earthquakes-usgs-report (weather.com)
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