Earthquakes and seismic activity often happen with sudden movements underground with tectonic plates. Seismographs are used by scientists to measure the time, location and strength of an earthquake.
What does “moment magnitude” mean, and how do scientists determine the strength of a rupture in the earth? By Henry Fountain Henry Fountain spent a quarter century covering science for The Times. He ...
Often in these weekly Night Sky columns I refer to the magnitude of a star or planet. The concept of magnitude is relatively easy to grasp. Put simply, magnitude indicates an object’s degree of ...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.5 struck off the Los Angeles County coastline Sunday evening. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the temblor struck almost 14 miles south southwest of Rancho ...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake, centered about 18 miles southwest of Bakersfield, was felt across a wide swath of Southern California on Tuesday night. Its size rattled nerves but caused no major damage ...
A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck near Malibu on Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake happened at 7:28 a.m., with an epicenter 3.5 miles northwest of Malibu. Shaking ...
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck over the weekend off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island. The earthquake occurred at 9:40 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, 14 miles south-southwest of Rancho ...
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