The modern scale measures a quantity called “moment magnitude” (denoted as Mw), which is based on variables such as the area ...

The Valdivian Earthquake, or the Great Chilean Earthquake, is the largest on record. It measured in at a magnitude of 9.5.

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar caused widespread shaking and likely considerable damage because of a lack of buildings ...

At least three hospitals in the country are out of service, according to the World Health Organisation, three days after a ...

Great earthquakes' with magnitudes exceeding 8 on the Richter scale have been occurring in the Himalayas every few hundred ...

The death toll in Myanmar has exceeded 1,600, the country’s military government said. The powerful earthquake also jolted ...

The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar has risen to more than 1,700 as more bodies have been pulled from the rubble, the country’s military-led government said Monday.