Since the 1960s, seismologists have stopped using the famous Richter scale, preferring to use a moment magnitude scale, which ...

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake shook New Jersey and New York late Saturday night. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the ...

Earthquakes Canada classified the tremors as 3.3 on the moment of magnitude scale measuring an earthquake’s size or strength ...

The US Geological survey said the earthquake was shallow, with its epicentre at a depth of about 19km (12 miles) and 119 km ...

Since the 1890s, the invention of the seismograph has given scientists a understanding of the intensity and magnitude of ...

A huge earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale has rocked the Greek island of Rhodes today. The earthquake was felt across the island with tourists reporting hotels were 'violently swaying ...

Baba Vanga warned that huge earthquakes could lead to destruction across the planet, possibly marking the beginning of a ...

To put this recent earthquake into context, the largest quake ever recorded was in Chile in 1960, which measured 9.5 on the Richter scale, and killed well over 1,000 people.