The British Geological Society has revealed that a magnitude 1.0 earthquake took place 3km underground just west of the M6 at ...

A beauty spot in the UK which is popular with hikers has had three earthquakes in just six hours with local residents telling ...

An EARTHQUAKE has struck in Perthshire for the third time in a day. The first quake at Balintyre, west of Aberfeldy, was logged at 6.50am today and measured 1.8 magnitude. The tremor was followed ...

A flurry of seismic activity that caused 160 quakes in just two hours at the Laguna del Maule volcanic field in central Chile ...

Compared with other locations around the world, the UK is not known for being particularly prone to earthquakes But a popular hiking hotspot in Scotland has been hit by three earthquakes in the ...

(Image: People ride a scooter past the rubble of damaged Buddhist pagoda in Mandalay on April 3, 2025. Credit: Sai Aung MAIN / AFP via Getty Images) ...

While the Richter Scale is widely recognized, modern seismologists prefer the moment magnitude scale for accurate measurement of earthquakes.

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