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The U.S. Geological Survey reported a M 5.5 earthquake near Osaka just before 08:00 local time this morning. Due to the differences between seismic measurement scales, the Japan Meteorological [...]

While the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season doesn’t officially start until June 1, subtropical storm Alberto has formed in the western Caribbean and is expected to bring heavy rain to the [...]

A M 6.9 earthquake struck the Big Island of Hawaii on May 4, and is associated with volcanic activity at the Kilauea volcano. The USGS reports at least 7 earthquakes of M 4.5 or larger over the [...]

A large weather system is bringing the potential for high winds, large hail and tornadoes from Texas through to Kansas today and into the weekend; snow accumulations are also forecast for much of [...]

Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds, large hail, and possible tornadoes threaten Florida and the southeast coast today, after causing significant damage in parts of northern Alabama and [...]

Yet another nor’easter, Winter Storm Skylar, is impacting the north east coast of the United States today, and is expected to bring heavy snow accumulations to the region. Winter Storm [...]

Another strong earthquake (M 6.8) struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea today, following yesterday’s M 6.7 quake in the southern region of the country. These two quakes are the latest in [...]

The second nor-easter (Winter Storm Quinn) within a week is expected to reach the northeast coast of the United States on Wednesday. While not as intense as Winter Storm Riley, Winter Storm Quinn [...]

Winter Storm Riley intensified into a powerful nor’easter on March 2, bringing high winds combined with heavy snow to the northeast region. Coastal flooding caused significant damage and at [...]

Monday’s strong M 7.5 earthquake in Papua New Guinea occurred at a relatively shallow depth of 35 kilometers. The epicenter was about 96 kilometers south-west of Mendi, the capital of [...]

A strong M 7.2 earthquake  in Oaxaca, Mexico struck late on Friday February 16, 2018. This region was impacted in September 2017, by the M 8.2 earthquake offshore Chiapas, and the M 7.1 event [...]

A M 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Hualien, Taiwan at 23:50 local time and has caused extensive damage in the city, severely impacting roads and buildings, according to early media [...]

A M 7.9 earthquake southeast of Kodiak, Alaska early Tuesday morning, and triggered a tsunami warning for Alaska and British Columbia. The tsunami warning has since been cancelled. The powerful [...]

Following a series of hail-related losses, Dave, Risk Manager for one of the largest auto retailers in the U.S with over 360 retail outlets, decided to invest in hail tents as a loss prevention [...]

A fast growing startup insurance company was using EigenAlerts to stay ahead of potential catastrophic events including wind, earthquake, flood, tornado, hail and other perils. However, the [...]

Winter storm Friederike brought hurricane force winds to much of western Europe on Thursday, with Germany experiencing widespread disruption. Early estimates of insured losses are in the €500 [...]

A large M 7.1 earthquake off the coast of southern Peru triggered tsunami warnings, which have since been cancelled. According to the USGS; Today’s earthquake was caused by shallow thrust [...]

Winter storm Grayson approached the north eastern United States on January 4, 2018, as a rapidly intensifying storm. The management team at a regional insurance company needed to respond rapidly [...]

Diverse natural catastrophe activity continues this week, with earthquake and winterstorm activity. M 7.6 earthquake in Honduras A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Honduras on Tuesday [...]

A rapidly intensifying east coast winter storm, with the characteristics of a winter hurricane, is impacting the entire US east coast on Thursday, from north Florida to Maine. Bitterly cold [...]