N​early 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake, according to a recently updated USGS map.

A 3.5 magnitude earthquake was reported near Fall City on Monday afternoon at 1:35 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s earthquake hazards program. The quake’s epicenter was about 7 ...

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 family were preparing to leave landmark Blue Lagoon when the 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck last Tuesday. “If it had been five minutes earlier, I would have been in water,” Ms Harvey said.