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 ...

(WHTM) – Residents along much of the East Coast 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 ...

(WHTM) – Earthquakes are large seismic events that occur when tectonic plates manage to move under, over or slide past each other, sending energy in waves across the Earth’s crust. But how are ...

Sept 12 (Reuters) - A powerful quake measuring 7.9 struck near Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday triggering tsunami warnings in Indonesia, Malaysia, India and Sri Lanka, officials said.

Monday afternoon, a 5.8 earthquake centered 15 miles northeast of Yerington hit just after 3 p.m., rattling windows and nerves as far away as Sacramento and San Francisco. Aftershocks continued to be ...

One of the most commonly known earthquake-measuring tools is the Richter Scale, but the system is no longer used today. In fact, the Richter scale was replaced in the 1970s by other magnitude scales ...