The seismogram is read like a book, from left to right and top to bottom. The current signal is shown near the bottom. As with a book, the right end of any horizontal line connects with the left end ...

As the drum and paper shake next to the pen, the pen makes squiggly lines on the paper, creating a record of the earthquake. This record made by the seismograph is called a seismogram. When you look ...

There are a number of ways to measure the magnitude of an earthquake. Most scales are based on the amplitude of seismic waves recorded on seismometers. These scales account for the distance between ...

An earthquake just occurred near Whitehouse ... represents a tenfold increase in measured amplitude as measured on a seismogram," per the U.S.G.S. You may have heard of the Richter scale ...

3:27 Earthquake rattles southwestern B.C. Southwestern British Columbia is recovering from the shock of Friday’s earthquake, which has triggered some concern about the consistency and timing of ...

An earthquake of magnitude five on the Richter scale struck Assam's Morigaon district in the early hours of Thursday, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). According to NCS ...