QUAD CITIES, Iowa/Ill. (KWQC) - The United States Geological Survey (USGS) registered a magnitude 3.6 earthquake with the epicenter in Standard, Illinois Wednesday morning, around 4:41. Many residents ...

April 26, 2025, marks the 125th birthday of Cincinnati native Charles Richter, the inventor of the Richter Scale. The seismologist, aka Earth scientist, invented the critical measurement tool to help ...

Earthquake strength is registered on the moment magnitude scale, which measures how much energy was released when the rocks along a fault moved during the quake. By Henry Fountain Earthquake strength ...

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(WHTM) – Residents along much of the East Coast felt shaking Friday morning as an earthquake struck New Jersey. One of the most commonly known earthquake-measuring tools is the Richter Scale, but the ...

When: 2 p.m. Sunday; self-guided tours of the Augspurger House from 1 to 4 p.m. Where: Chrisholm Historic Farmstead, south of Trenton at 2070 Woodsdale Road Cost: $3/family suggested donation. TRENTON ...

(WLUK) -- Some residents in north-central Illinois got a rude awakening early Wednesday morning when a minor earthquakecoming in at a 3.6 on the Richter scale rattled their homes. While the shaking ...