The magnitude of earthquakes is measured on a logarithmic scale. This means, for example, that the amplitude of the seismic waves at a given distance from the epicenter is 10 times larger for a ...

“We would expect damage from a bigger earthquake - magnitude 5 or 6, for example.” In April 2024, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake recorded in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, was felt ...

“We would expect damage from a bigger earthquake - magnitude 5 or 6, for example.” What other earthquakes have been felt in Maine and New Hampshire in recent years? In April 2024, a 4.8 ...

A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the Caribbean Sea Saturday night, north of Honduras and southwest of the Cayman Islands, briefly triggered tsunami alerts that were later lifted. The U.S ...

Long cited the April earthquake in New Jersey as an example. A 2002 earthquake in upstate New York was measured at a magnitude of 5.1. There was also a magnitude 4.7 event near Hollis Center ...

An earthquake measuring magnitude 5.3 rattled near Santorini, Greece, on Tuesday, the latest in a series of earthquakes that have prompted people to flee the popular tourist destination.

Long cited the April earthquake in New Jersey as an example. An 2002 earthquake in upstate New York measured at a magnitude of 5.1. There was also a magnitude 4.7 event near Hollis Center ...