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Earthquake-risk maps pinpoint world’s most vulnerable areas

Indonesia and India are among the countries with the most people at risk.
  1. Alexandra Witze
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Three new maps reveal which parts of the globe are most at risk of earthquakes — and where most people are vulnerable to seismic disaster.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-07705-2

Updates & Corrections

  • Correction 10 December 2018: The story originally cited Colombia as a country without updated seismic models, but Colombia's national seismic-hazard model was updated in 2014. The graphic originally referred to earthquake risk instead of earthquake hazard. These errors have been corrected.

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