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

Earthquakes Canada classified the tremors as 3.3 on the “moment of magnitude scale,” which measures an earthquake’s size or ...

So, about 30 years ago, seismologists began to use the “moment-magnitude” scale. It relies on data recorded by instruments that are more sophisticated than those available during Richter’s time.

The earthquake, which recorded a magnitude of 3.1 on the Richter scale, shocked residents living in the Scottish Highlands.

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

A 9.5 magnitude earthquake struck in a central region of Chile in 1960. Known as the Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean ...

An earthquake measuring 3.1 magnitude on the Richter scale struck a Highland village on Friday afternoon. The British ...