Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau (CWB) on Wednesday (Dec. 18) announced a modified intensity scale to more accurately reflect the effect earthquakes have on people, structures and the environment, ...

The Central Weather Bureau has announced a modified intensity scale to better reflect the effect earthquakes have on people, structures and the environment, thereby facilitating disaster response ...

Earthquakes are measured using seismographs, which monitor the seismic waves that travel through the Earth after an earthquake strikes. Scientists used the Richter Scale for many years but now largely ...

When the Cape Mendocino earthquake struck on April 25, 1992, magnitude was not the only parameter of interest to seismologists. Until Charles Richter developed a magnitude scale, the primary method of ...

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — No, it wasn’t an early April Fools’ Day prank, a low-magnitude earthquake really did rumble the area late Sunday night. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that a ...

Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau (CWB) on Wednesday (Dec. 18) announced a modified intensity scale to more accurately reflect the effect earthquakes have on people, structures and the environment, ...