(WHTM) — April 26 is the birthday of Seismologist Charles Richter, co-creator with Beno Gutenberg of the Richter Scale, which measures the intensity of earthquakes. In the early 1930s, the field of ...

Here’s five things you may not know about Richter. Richter was a Buckeye, born in Hamilton near Cincinnati in 1900. After his parents divorced, his grandfather raised him in California. He lived until ...

When the Cape Mendocino earthquake struck on April 25, 1992, magnitude was not the only parameter of interest to seismologists. Until Charles Richter developed a magnitude scale, the primary method of ...

When: 2 p.m. Sunday; self-guided tours of the Augspurger House from 1 to 4 p.m. Where: Chrisholm Historic Farmstead, south of Trenton at 2070 Woodsdale Road Cost: $3/family suggested donation. TRENTON ...

For each whole number increase in magnitude, the seismic energy released increases by about 32 times. That means a magnitude 7 earthquake produces 32 times more energy — or is 32 times stronger — than ...

A strong earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck Taiwan late Saturday night, triggering tremors across several parts of the island, Focus Taiwan reported. According to Taiwan's Central ...

OXFORD — Richter Scale is not a concept we hear much anymore during news reports, either predicting earthquakes or reporting on them. In recent years, the “magnitude” of the earthquake is mostly the ...

Earthquakes are measured using seismographs, which monitor the seismic waves that travel through the Earth after an earthquake strikes. Scientists used the Richter Scale for many years but now largely ...

Earthquake tremors were felt in Himachal Pradesh in the morning. The intensity of the earthquake in Dharamshala was recorded ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Mike Mews was at home late Sunday afternoon several miles outside of Wakonda when he experienced “a heck of a rumble.” “It was more like something rolled off the roof and ...