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When estimating seismic hazard maps for certain regions, rupture directivity, e.g. the preferential direction in which earthquakes radiate their energy, is not yet taken into account. "We want and ...

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 ...