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Allstate to Stop Underwriting Houses in California

May 31, 2007 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Allstate to Stop Underwriting Houses in California

Allstate Insurance company will no longer be underwriting houses effective in July. No changes will occur for existing customers. The move is supposedly to "limit its exposure to catastrophe" such as earthquakes. Allstate has also […]

Overview of the UAVSAR interferogram of the magnitude 7.2 Baja California earthquake of April 4, 2010, overlaid atop a Google Earth image of the region. Major fault systems are shown by red lines, while recent aftershocks are denoted by yellow, orange and
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NASA Radar Images Show How Mexico Quake Deformed Earth

June 28, 2010 rockman Miscellaneous Comments Off on NASA Radar Images Show How Mexico Quake Deformed Earth

The JPL folks used UAVSAR mounted on their Gulfstream-III aircraft to take highly accurate radar measurements of the ground surface in Baja, California, near the site of the April 4, 2010 magnitude 7.2 Baja earthquake […]

Water sluice down at Three Gorges Dam, central China's Hubei Province, July 28, 2010
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China Flooding and Landslides – Three Gorges Dam Being Tested

August 3, 2010 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on China Flooding and Landslides – Three Gorges Dam Being Tested

China has been getting pounded recently by heavy rains and flooding. Here are a few stories I’ve come across in this department. Three Gorges Dam flooding turns deadly; dozens missing in China – Source: CSMonitor.com […]