This 8 minute video uses the analogy of a lightbulb to explain the how an earthquake can have different intensities at different places. Magnitudes are based on a logarithmic scale (base 10). What ...

Another small earthquake was reported off the coast of York Harbor early Wednesday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey says ...

The magnitude 3.8 earthquake that happened Monday morning is one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit Maine in the past 30 ...

Friday's earthquake in Paramus and the one on April 5, 2024, in Tewksbury differ in three key ways: magnitude, location and depth. The factors play a role in who feels an earthquake, how intense it is ...

Earthquake magnitudes are measured on a logarithmic scale, meaning each whole number increase represents a tenfold increase in power of the seismic waves, resulting in approximately 31.6 times ...