Earthquake Magnitude Scale Magnitude Earthquake Effects Estimated Number Each Year 2.5 or less Usually not felt, but can be recorded by seismograph. Millions 2.5 to 5.4 Often felt, but only causes ...

Another way to measure the strength of an earthquake is to use the observations of the people who experienced the earthquake, and the amount of damage that occurred, to estimate its intensity. The ...

Satellite images and maps expose scale of destruction in Myanmar after the earthquake that killed over 2,000 people and has all but flattened towns like Min Kun in the centre of the country.

BANGKOK — The death toll from a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar climbed to more than 2,700 Tuesday, as the scale of the destruction in the isolated, war-torn Southeast Asian nation became ...

The earthquake's strength was initially reported at 7.3 on the Richter scale by various news outlets, but some sources, like the China Seismological Network, estimated it to be as high as 7.9.

Kathmandu [Nepal], February 28 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale hit Nepal in the early hours of Friday. The epicentre was in Sindhupalchowk District in the Central Region of ...

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked off Indonesia's western Aceh province on Sunday, the country's ...

A recent 5.1 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar exacerbates devastation ... Satellite images from Myanmar have shown the scale of the devastation, including collapsed buildings and infrastructure ...