About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center. Most are tiny and barely noticed by people living where they happen. But some are strong enough ...

(WHTM) – Earthquakes are large seismic events that occur when tectonic plates manage to move under, over or slide past each other, sending energy in waves across the Earth’s crust. But how are ...

(WHTM) — April 26 is the birthday of Seismologist Charles Richter, co-creator with Beno Gutenberg of the Richter Scale, which measures the intensity of earthquakes. In the early 1930s, the field of ...

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 ...

I Felt by very few people; barely noticeable. II Felt by a few people, especially on upper floors. III Noticeable indoors, especially on upper floors, but may not be recognized as an earthquake. IV ...

SOMONAUK - At 2:53 A.M. a 3.4 magnitude earthquake, originating about 1.2 miles northwest from the Village of Somonauk, shook communities in south Dekalb county. On their earthquake intensity scale, ...

Earthquake tremors have been felt again in Afghanistan. Its intensity has been recorded at 5.3 on the Richter scale. According to India's National Center for Seismology (NCS), the tremors were felt at ...

A 1.8 magnitude earthquake shook Irmo near Columbia, South Carolina on Feb. 16 about 3.1 miles from the Midlands town. It is the third in the row.

2.5 or less Earthquakes are usually not felt but can be recorded by a seismograph. 2.5 to 5.4 The event is often felt but only causes minor damage. 5.5 to 6.0 There is slight damage caused to ...