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

On March 30, 2023, at 20:46, a 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck Gaozhou, a city in the Maoming area of Guangdong Province, China. The depth of this earthquake was measured at 10 kilometers, according ...

The modern scale measures a quantity called “moment magnitude” (denoted as Mw), which is based on variables such as the area ...

These scales account for the distance between the earthquake and the recording seismometer so that the calculated magnitude should be about the same no matter where it is measured. Another scale is ...

An earthquake of 4.8 magnitude struck just northeast of Lebanon, New Jersey, with residents in Delaware and along the East ...

Sophie Monk has recounted the terrifying moment she was on the 52nd floor of a hotel in Thailand when a major earthquake struck, filming herself fleeing the building.