N early 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake in the next 100 years, according to a recently updated map from the U.S. Geological Survey. T he map is the first to ...

Part of the French Riviera was struck by a 4.1 magnitude earthquake this week, but it's not just the south east of France ...

Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map.

"Earthquakes of this size are known to generate tsunamis dangerous to shorelines near the source," the National Weather Service said in one of its statements. Officials put together a watch list ...

Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. Aftershocks can occur days, weeks or even years after the first earthquake.

The Italian city has been shaken by its strongest earthquake in 40 years, and is part of a growing pattern of seismic unrest across Southern Europe. Environmental scientist Deborah R. Coen looks at ...