5.0 - 5.9 magnitude: These tend to be VI - VII on the MM scale, meaning there could be slight damage depending on how the structure was built. 6.0 - 6.9 magnitude: These tend to be VII - IX on the ...

The scale has no upper limit, but no fault long enough to generate a magnitude 10 earthquake is known to exist, according to USGS. In some cases, earthquakes can be so small as to have a negative ...

Unfortunately, many scales, such as the Richter scale, do not provide accurate estimates for large magnitude earthquakes. Today the moment magnitude scale, abbreviated M W, is preferred because it ...

That scale was found to be inaccurate for very large earthquakes. The moment magnitude scale is logarithmic — that is, each whole number of magnitude represents about a 30-fold increase in ...

(WHTM) — Residents in Pennsylvania felt shaking Friday morning as a 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck New Jersey. One of the most commonly-known earthquake measuring tools is the Richter Scale,… ...

The earthquake magnitude communicates its energy level, and the intensity communicates its strength based on its effects. Breaking Get the latest results from the Pa. primaries 24/7 Live ...