U.S. Geological Survey: 143 million Americans significant risk for earthquakes

This week the U.S. Geological Survey released new earthquake report indicating half of the U.S. population lives in areas that face significant earthquake risk.

In 2006, the USGS said 75 million Americans lived in areas that face significant earthquake risk.

The Top 10 states for population risk are: California, Washington, Utah, Tennessee, Oregon, South Carolina, Nevada, Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois.

In Texas, it is 1,173,162 that live in areas that are potential earthquake damage areas. Its mostly the northern and western border of Texas. For the map: CityLab