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Earthquake, Aftershocks Jar Midwest

The seismic shocks that reverberated throughout the Midwest last week might not have caused significant insurance claims and damage to the regions surrounding the earthquake's epicenter, but one

By Eric Gilkey | Updated on April 22, 2008

The seismic shocks that reverberated throughout the Midwest last week might not have caused significant insurance claims and damage to the regions surrounding the earthquake’s epicenter, but one thing is certain: The notion that natural catastrophes only occur on our nation’s coastlines was shook loose.

In an article Claims published last May, author Gary Brown made the case that earthquakes have the potential to cause at least as much — if not greater — distress to commerce than hurricanes, both in terms of building structures and business operations, particularly if an earthquake event of significant magnitude strikes a Pacific Rim metropolis.

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