The epicenter of the Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles in 1994 was in the San Fernando Valley, the point where the quake was strongest. But the hypocenter, the location where the quake actually ...

That sudden breaking of the foam rubber is the earthquake. That's what happens along a strike-slip fault. Seismic waves can also be caused by natural processes other than earthquakes and by human ...

A powerful earthquake struck China’s Tibet region on Tuesday morning, leaving a trail of destruction. As per the latest reports, at least 95 people have lost their lives, and over 100 have been ...

broke in both earthquakes. But he said the breakage in the February 2021 quake occurred in bedrock located south of the hypocenter. In the March 16 quake, the break in the bedrock was located ...

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Nepal resulting in widespread death and destruction. Its epicenter was east of Nepal's Lamjung district and its hypocenter was at a depth of approximately 8.2km.

There are a number of ways to measure the magnitude of an earthquake. Most scales are based on the amplitude of seismic waves recorded on seismometers. These scales account for the distance between ...

BMKG reports a tectonic earthquake that occurred in the Teluk Tomini, Bolaang Mongondow South, Sulawesi Utara, on Tuesday, ...

Earthquake probability is calculated on the ... 15 recalculation was not due to abnormal phenomena in the possible hypocenter area of the Nankai Trough, but simply because of the automatic ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency is calling on people in areas of the Nankai Trough quake's expected hypocenter to take disaster prevention measures. It says the possibility of a mega earthquake is ...