In fact, the Richter scale was replaced in the 1970s by other ... with German-American seismologist Beno Gutenberg — to measure the size of earthquakes occurring in southern California.

A massive earthquake struck Delhi on Monday morning (February 17) at around 5:36 am, with tremors felt in Noida and Gurgaon.

There are a number of ways to measure the magnitude of an earthquake. Most scales are based on the amplitude of seismic waves recorded on seismometers. These scales account for the distance between ...

Just as seismologists measure the size of an earthquake using the Richter scale, volcanologists use an eruption magnitude scale called the Volcanic Explosivity Index, or VEI to classify eruptions.

Early morning earthquakes in Delhi-NCR and Bihar triggered a flood of memes on social media. Despite a 4.0 magnitude, the ...

This new independent non-profit was set up by the UK insurance industry to bring more transparency around cyber events ...

The first earthquake took place just after at 3.03am and hit 2.2 on the Richter scale - the scale used to measure the ...

The first took place just after at 3.03am and hit 2.2 on the Richter scale - the scale used to measure the strength of ...

The earthquake recorded today with its epicentre in Seixal, district of Setúbal, was felt with maximum intensity in Sintra ...