About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center. Most are tiny and barely noticed by people living where they happen. But some are strong enough ...

Although the earthquake measured only 4.8 on the Richter scale, its impact was widespread because its epicentre was in the ...

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(WHTM) — April 26 is the birthday of Seismologist Charles Richter, co-creator with Beno Gutenberg of the Richter Scale, which measures the intensity of earthquakes. In the early 1930s, the field of ...

The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.2 miles and had an estimated intensity of VI on the modified Mercalli intensity scale.

SOMONAUK - At 2:53 A.M. a 3.4 magnitude earthquake, originating about 1.2 miles northwest from the Village of Somonauk, shook communities in south Dekalb county. On their earthquake intensity scale, ...

The overnight quake followed a stronger 4.9-magnitude earthquake earlier this week that caused serious shaking across the ...

VANCOUVER, B.C. (KOMO) — The North Pacific by British Columbia's Vancouver Island was rattled by a series of earthquakes Thursday morning, the largest quake measured as 6.4 magnitude. According to the ...

The Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported a tectonic earthquake struck Pacitan, East ...

A 4.9 magnitude earthquake shook Montana and parts of Canada near Malmstrom Air Force Base. Residents felt moderate shaking, but no major damage or injuries have been reported.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck about 12 miles northeast of Indio, CA in ...