The common scale we use to measure earthquakes is actually almost entirely useless as a way of communicating the power of earthquakes to anyone but mathematicians and seismologists — it confuses ...

People often misinterpret hurricane and earthquake intensity scales. Here's why.

The earthquake magnitude communicates its energy level, and the intensity communicates its strength based on its effects.

Earthquake strength is registered on the moment magnitude scale, which measures how much energy was released when the rocks along a fault moved during the quake.

PLUMAS COUNTY, CA - According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a preliminary 2.2 magnitude quake struck close to Johnsville ...

One day ago, it was registered near Anderson Springs. Magnitude measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake, ...