Measuring earthquakes is no easy task, given they strike suddenly and sometimes at global scale.

Here's what you need to know about how earthquakes are measured and what the scale of today's East Coast quake was.

Milwaukee - Have you ever wondered how earthquakes are measured? It's through a tool called a seismograph. Dr. Koco with Mad Science shares how kids can create their own at home. The FOX LOCAL app ...

How are earthquakes measured? After an earthquake was recorded in Kent on Friday morning we went searching through the Newsround archives to find the best explanation of how it might have happened.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Though the Richter Scale is still well-known for how earthquakes get measured, it isn’t used anymore. Instead, scientists use the Moment Magnitude Scale. The moment ...

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

A small earthquake was recorded in the East Midlands on Wednesday night. Seismologist Steve Hicks explains to Ayshah how earthquakes are measured.

Earthquakes are measured using seismographs, which monitor the seismic waves that travel through the Earth after an earthquake strikes.

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake shook the New York City area on Friday morning, according to the USGS, with rumblings felt across the Northeast.