* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. BANGKOK, 3 October 2011 (IRIN) - While the Richter scale is the most easily recognized measure of ...

The horrific earthquake that devastated parts of Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6 was the strongest, biggest and baddest earthquake that region has seen in a long time, and as of this writing, 37,600 deaths ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (WHTM) – Earthquakes are large seismic events that occur when tectonic plates manage to move under, over or slide past each other, ...

The magnitude measures the energy released by the rupture of the fault causing an earthquake. Seismic intensity, in contrast, measures surface damage. VIDEOGRAPHIC Ley's parting gift gives new ...

VANCOUVER, B.C. (KOMO) — The North Pacific by British Columbia's Vancouver Island was rattled by a series of earthquakes Thursday morning, the largest quake measured as 6.4 magnitude. According to the ...

People stand in a square outside the courthouse after an earthquake was felt in New York City, Aug. 23, 2011. automation A 4.8-magnitude earthquake rattled the New York City region Friday morning -- ...

But how are earthquakes currently measured? According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), earthquakes are recorded by a seismographic network which measures the movement of the ground at ...