Earthquake Hit Texas Near San Antonio, Says USGS
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has rattled southern Texas in the vicinity of San Antonio, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ...
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How Do We Measure Earthquake Magnitude?
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 ...
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Explaining how powerful Maine earthquake was on the Richter scale
The magnitude 3.8 earthquake that happened Monday morning is one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit Maine in the past 30 ...
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Earthquakes happen all the time, you just can't feel them. A guide to how they're measured
Magnitude is a measurement of the strength of an earthquake. Officially it's called the moment magnitude scale. It's a logarithmic scale, meaning each number is 10 times as strong as the one ...
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Quake comparisons: How Friday's earthquake differed from 2024 Tewksbury quake
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 ...
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Earthquake Rattles Richmond, VA As Residents Report 'Big Boom'
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 ...
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How Rare Are Earthquakes in Maine?
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - Yesterday morning an Earthquake was reported in southern Maine near York Harbor. Meteorologist ...