A future requiring access to private health insurance, critical illness insurance, and even birth injury legal services if hospital systems are overwhelmed during maternal care.
Such a quake would cause coastal land to sink up to 6.5 feet, explains the new study, creating conditions ideal for a mega-tsunami that could overwhelm emergency response systems and flood insurance policies.
One of the biggest earthquakes on record that has happened in the U.S. is what’s known as the Great Alaska Earthquake that occurred.
In 1964 and was a magnitude 9.2, says the U.S. Geological Survey. That event led to widespread devastation and drew attention.
To the importance of natural disaster liability laws, emergency hospital readiness, and legal protections for displaced families.
Impact Zones and Health Risk Exposure
Speaking on the worrying revelations, Tina Dura, lead author of the study and assistant professor of geosciences in the College of Science, said:
