These scales account for the distance between the earthquake and the recording seismometer so that the calculated magnitude should be about the same no matter where it is measured. Another scale is ...

The sizes after the earthquake will be an issue that will preoccupy the region in the near future. Iran wasn’t dealt a complete defeat in Lebanon, but it was in Syria. Syrian interim President ...

The authorities said there were no initial reports of damage from the quake, which struck in the hills west of Malibu.