(WHTM) — Residents in Pennsylvania felt shaking Friday morning as a 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck New Jersey. One of the most commonly-known earthquake measuring tools is the Richter Scale,… ...

How earthquakes are measured. Seismographs are used to detect and record the vibrations caused by earthquakes. The moment magnitude scale, which builds upon Richter’s ideas, measures the energy ...

Invented by Richter and his colleague Beno Gutenberg, the Richter Scale is a magnitude scale used to measure the intensity of ... April 22 that registered as a 3.1 magnitude on the Richter Scale.

The estimated magnitude of the quake was around 4.1 on the Richter scale, which measures the magnitude of earthquakes ...

Strong tremors were felt in Delhi and other parts of the National Capital Region (NCR) as an earthquake struck in Haryana's ...

The Richter scale was replaced in the 1970s by other magnitude scales that are more accurate. Even though it’s outdated, the term is still used often when discussing earthquakes.

Strong tremors were felt in Delhi and other parts of the National Capital Region (NCR) as an earthquake struck in Haryana's ...

One of the most commonly known earthquake-measuring tools is the Richter Scale, but the system is no longer used today. Skip to content. KLFY.com.