N​early 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake, according to a recently updated USGS map.
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.
Japan is facing the risk of a possible "megaquake" in the near future, following a 7.1-magnitude earthquake that occurred ...
An earthquake​ just off Maine today was felt in Boston and into Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire, according to a "shake ...
Tibet's earthquake of magnitude 6.8 that killed 126 and damaged four water reservoirs this week highlights the risks from a hydropower building spree by Asian giants China and India in one of the ...