Another scale is based on the physical size of the earthquake fault and the amount of slip that occurred. Then there are also measures of earthquake shaking intensity. The intensity from one ...

The moment magnitude scale, which builds upon Richter’s ideas, measures the energy released at the earthquake’s source. Unlike the Richter Scale, which was best suited for small, local events ...

Invented by Richter and his colleague Beno Gutenberg, the Richter Scale is a magnitude scale used to measure the intensity of earthquakes. The scale helps assign a numerical value to quantify the ...

As per the National Centre of Seismology, a 4.0 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale struck the region with its epicentre in New Delhi. The Read More ...