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Bookmark or Share- 4.1 earthquake strikes near Corona, lightly shakes Southern ...A magnitude 4.1 earthquake was reported at 1:49 p.m. Wednesday two miles from Corona, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred three miles from Anaheim, three miles from ...
- Richter scale - WikipediaThe Richter scale (/ ˈ r ɪ k t ər /), also called the Richter magnitude scale, Richter's magnitude scale, and the Gutenberg–Richter scale, is a measure of the strength of earthquakes, developed by Charles Francis Richter in collaboration with Beno Gutenberg, and presented in Richter's landmark 1935 paper, where he called it the "magnitude ...
- Earthquake - Magnitude, Seismology, Epicenter | BritannicaAs defined, an earthquake magnitude scale has no lower or upper limit. Sensitive seismographs can record earthquakes with magnitudes of negative value and have recorded magnitudes up to about 9.0. (The 1906 San Francisco earthquake, for example, had a Richter magnitude of 8.25.)
- How Are Earthquakes Measured? - Caltech Science ExchangeMagnitude describes the overall size of an earthquake as an event in the earth. Magnitude represents the total energy the earthquake radiates, and is calculated using information on how large an area moves, the distance that one side of the fault moves past the other, and the rigidity of the rock.
- 6.4 magnitude earthquake shakes Northern California - CNN4:02 p.m. ET, December 20, 2022. At least 2 dead and 11 injured after earthquake, sheriff's office says. From CNN's Stella Chan. At least two people are dead after Tuesday’s 6.4 magnitude quake...
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