Following a large magnitude (M=7.7) earthquake in Sumatra last week, the residents of Aceh that survived the 2004 and 2005 tsunamis felt no need to panic, according to a…

While it may seem that between Haiti, Chile and now Mexico/Southern California that earthquakes are becoming more frequent, there is nothing unusual about the occurrence of these events.

That isn't to say, however, that the risk of earthquakes isn't increasing. In fact, as populations continue to rise, especially in dense,…

from earthquake.usgs.gov

Even though the Chilean earthquake (M=8.8) was 500 times more energetic than the Haitian earthquake (M=7.0), the shaking intensity was…

from The Economist- March, 2010

This graph from The Economist shows that catastrophes caused by geophysical events are clearly on the rise. There is no arguing this. What is perhaps worth discussing, however, are the multitude of reasons behind this increase.…