Questions & Answers - General Culture: Earthquake

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What is the name of the scale used to measure earthquakes?

Richter Scale The Richter magnitude scale was developed in 1935 by Charles F. Richter of the California Institute of Technology as a mathema...

Earthquake Earthquakes are usually caused when rock underground suddenly breaks along a fault. This sudden release of energy causes the...

Earthquake An earthquake (or quakes, tremors) is shaking of the surface of the earth, caused by sudden movement in the Earth's crust. ...

The main importance in determining the epicenter is so that the fault that ruptured causing the earthquake can be identified. If the fault i...

Difference between Epicenter and Focus The focus is the point within the earth where seismic waves originate; it is centered on the part o...

Epicenter The epicenter is the point on the earth's surface vertically above the hypocenter (or focus), point in the crust where a se...