00:03Earthquakes can be far-reaching and devastating events, affecting millions of people in a matter of seconds.
00:09Now, a new U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model has outlined that around 40 million more Americans are expected to
00:14be affected over the next 100 years than previously estimated.
00:18The hazard model points to where they believe future earthquakes will occur and whether or not those quakes will result
00:24in damage.
00:24The researchers looked at data from some 130,000 quakes and corroborated that with geological records while also taking into
00:31account 500 new fault lines,
00:34finding that the estimate had gone up for how many will be potentially impacted, with the number of affected Americans
00:39rising to 230 million over the next century.
00:43So where should we expect those quakes?
00:45This map has also been released as part of the report, showing in red the areas that will likely receive
00:49the most seismic activity.
00:51According to the researchers, deep soil basins have the potential to increase the wave intensity of earthquakes, something not previously
00:57taken into account.
00:59That is one of the reasons why the experts believe more people will likely be affected, as those more intense
01:04waves may cause more destruction.
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