Earthquakes are measured using a system that ranges between magnitude zero and nine. READ MORE ABOUT THE 5.2 EARTHQUAKE: <a ...

The midday temblor was followed by a strong 6.4 magnitude aftershock ... war between the military and the armed rebel forces. The scale of infrastructural damage is severe in the country, with ...

The epicenter was in Mandalay, Myanmar, the country's second-largest city. A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake impacted much of Southeast Asia on Friday, with mounting casualties and leveled ...

It’s based on the Moment Magnitude Scale, with strong shaking causing serious damage while moderate shaking will be felt but usually only causes minor damage. In the Thai capital of Bangkok ...

Yahoo's live news blog for Monday, March 31 has now concluded. A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off of Australia's Pacific neighbour Tonga overnight, which briefly triggered a tsunami warning for ...

The reading on the Richter scale is derived from a formula involving a logarithm with a base of 10, meaning the scale multiplies from one number to the next. So, an earthquake of magnitude 8.1 is 10 ...

SYDNEY, Australia—A 7.1-magnitude quake struck offshore near the Pacific island nation of Tonga, the US Geological Survey said Sunday, with tsunami waves reported. The shallow quake hit 90 ...

An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 hit the Tonga Islands on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The shallow quake hit 90 kilometres (56 miles) southeast of the village of ...

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck the waters off Verde Island in Batangas province on Sunday evening, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs ...

The death toll from Myanmar's earthquake continued to rise on Sunday, with around 1,700 people reported dead, 3,400 injured and more than 300 missing. Foreign rescue teams and aid rushed into the ...

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Myanmar on March ... with concerns for the structural integrity of large-scale dams," the organization said. The United Nations said health partners will deploy ...

The star shows the epicentre, with the shaking described as strong to very strong on the colour scale below the map. The earthquake in Tonga comes just days after a 7.7-magnitude quake caused ...