Large sections of a major expressway collapsed during a 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan, where thousands of people perished. Earthquakes happen every day. Thousands...

The earliest earthquake measurements were simple descriptions of seismic events and their consequences. These results were unreliable depending on the distance between the earthquake's source (epicenter), and the people evaluating the event. A more...

The earliest earthquake measurements were simple descriptions called intensity ratings. These results were unreliable depending on the distance between the quake's source (epicenter), and the people evaluating the event. A more systematic...

The Richter magnitude scale, or more correctly local magnitude ML scale, assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released by an earthquake. It is a base-10 logarithmic scale obtained by calculating the logarithm of the combined...

Gauging the Impact of a Retrospective at MOMA GERHARD RICHTER: FORTY YEARS OF PAINTING Museum of Modem Art 11 West 53rd Street Through May 21 Every decade or so, New York gives it up for a German artist....

The Melodiya label was for decades a victim of bureaucracy, owned and operated by the government of the Soviet Union with typical ham-fisted Soviet business and artistic policies. It had the services of some of the world's finest musicians, but political considerations often dictated...