...or 73,000 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs. -- Information from: U.S.G.S. "The Next Big Earthquake" by Peter Haeussler Flood-resistant designs Christy Miller, a planner with the Flood Insurance Program of the state Division of Municipal...

...Southcentral and the Aleutians. Earthquakes have a long history of wreaking mass destruction along fault lines. Peter Haeussler, a geologist with the United States Geological Survey, said people living in Alaska need to be aware of the risk...

...zone of ''blind faults'' much closer to the surface that could cause smaller but still damaging shakes, said Peter Haeussler, a scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Anchorage and one of three authors of the study. It was published...

...actual emergency by occupying your mind. Fasten hot water heaters, bookcases and heavy furniture to walls. Or as Peter Haeussler, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, recommends: "Attach tall, tippy things to the wall." Install...

...the magnitudes and effects of many earthquakes can now be recorded and studied with great reliability, according to Peter Haeussler, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. The Richter scale measures a consistent magnitude -- or force...