Reports of a massive explosion in Washington state sent residents in the Pacific Northwest into a state of confusion Monday morning. The US Geological Survey (USGS) sent out an alert just before ...

A tsunami alert was triggered after a powerful earthquake struck off northern Japan on Monday, the country's meteorological agency said. The magnitude-7.6 quake struck off Hokkaido, near the coastal ...

The initial magnitude scale was established by Greek astronomer Hipparchus around 135 B.C.E., categorizing approximately 850 stars into six ranges from 1st (brightest) to 6th (faintest) magnitude.

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Geologists say a magnitude 10 earthquake is impossible, while the ‘Big One’ expected to come from the West Valley Fault is projected to have a magnitude of 7.2 Claim: The “Big One,” the strong ...

The tremor struck near Dapa municipality in Surigao del Norte province Manila: A magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolted southern Philippines on Friday at 7.03am, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) ...

To test if earthquakes that occur successively at different locations are related to each other — in this case, the twin quakes in Davao Oriental after the one in Cebu — geologists employ a technique ...

In a span of less 10 hours, Davao Oriental's Manay town was struck by doublet earthquakes at magnitudes 7.4 and 6.8. These came just over a week after Bogo City in northern Cebu, hundreds of ...

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CAGAYAN DE ORO—People rushed out of buildings and gathered in the streets across parts of Mindanao as a strong tremor struck at 9:43 a.m. Friday, lasting at least 30 seconds. State seismologists ...

A magnitude-7.4 earthquake has struck in the Mindanao region of the Philippines, sparking several hazardous tsunami warnings. The quake hit about 20 kilometres away from the town of Manay, and ...

Manila, Philippines — A 7.4-magnitude earthquake Friday morning off the southern Philippines killed at least two people, damaged a hospital and schools, knocked out power and prompted evacuations of ...