A powerful quake strikes near the Earth’s surface in the early morning darkness, shaking people from their slumber and demolishing buildings in historic mountain towns. That’s what happened in central ...

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Six Italian scientists and a government official have been sentenced to six years in prison over statements they made prior to a 2009 earthquake that killed 309 in the town of L'Aquila. A year-long ...

SAN FRANCISCO — After six Italian scientists were sentenced to six years in prison for failing to warn the public of a devastating 2009 earthquake, experts are rethinking how they communicate risk.

Earthquakes are common in central Italy. As we heard, an earthquake devastated the nearby city of L'Aquila back in 2009. That event prompted tougher building codes for new construction. But as NPR's ...

Powerful earthquakes like the 6.2-magnitude temblor that rocked central Italy early Wednesday morning are surprisingly common in the region, geologists say. The shaking was caused by movement in the ...

On March 31, 2009, just 6 days before the deadly quake struck, the seven convicted people had all participated in a meeting of Italy's National Commission for the Forecast and Prevention of Major ...

At 3.36 a.m. today, I was awoken by an urgent, terrifying shaking of my bed. This, it later emerged, was the first shock wave of the 6.2-magnitude earthquake in central Italy that has killed dozens of ...

Why the battle is far from over for survivors of last week's earthquake in central Italy Story by Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN L’Aquila, Italy-- A brutal earthquake strikes a remote mountain city in the ...