Over the last century, Italy has suffered a series of deadly earthquakes. The Eurasian and African tectonic plates meet in central Italy; the Apennine Mountains, which form the country’s spine ...

This is why Italy has a long history of significant and damaging earthquakes. Just seven years ago in 2009, the L'Aquila earthquake struck nearby; a M6.3 earthquake that killed 308 people and ...

Jeffrey Marlow writes about how undersea fibre-optic Internet cables, including those owned by Google, can detect earthquakes and may warn of tsunamis. Skip to main content Newsletter ...

A severe 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Apennine region of Central Italy early Wednesday morning. Currently, the earthquake has left behind a death toll of at least 73 people, according to ...

Quakes are the ever present danger for those who live along the Apennine mountain ... which claimed 30,000 lives; and to 1703 when a trio of ... and therefore the normal faulting earthquakes." ...

The earthquakes that have buffeted central Italy over the last two months could continue in a devastating domino effect with one large quake leading to another along the central Apennine fault ...

Italy’s devastating earthquake has caused the Apennine Mountains to grow by up to 4cm in parts, research has found.. The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) said data from ...

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Apennine regions of central Italy on Wednesday, killing an estimated 247 people and causing “apocalyptic scenes” near the epicenter.. Amatrice, a small ...

The geological fault responsible for a series of Italian earthquakes in 2016 might also have caused a quake mentioned in ancient accounts of fifth-century Rome. Until 2016, scientists had ...

“The Apennine mountain belt which runs down the spine of Italy is gradually being stretched in a northeast-southwest direction by tectonic forces at a rate of around 3 mm (0.12 inches) per year ...

Quakes are the ever present danger for those who live along the Apennine mountain range in Italy. Through the centuries thousands have died as a result of tremors equal to, or not much bigger than ...