Fans at a College football stadium literally triggered an earthquake during Meticallica concert on Wednesday night.

The Richter scale shows a 3.0-magnitude earthquake is often felt by people, but very rarely causes damage. Shaking of indoor objects can be noticeable. A WRAL News viewer about 34 miles from the ...

Metallica took to Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium and established a trademark high-energy performance. The iconic band played their classic hit, "Enter Sandman," which garnered quite a reaction.

Did you feel that? Impact of Richter Scale inventor and Ohio native Charles Richter still being felt on 125th birthday in ...

It is in this zone where small earthquakes measuring between 2.0 and 3.0 on the Richter scale are somewhat common due to a build up of stress within the earth’s crust. One of the stronger ...

Dr. Martin Chapman, a seismologist at Virginia Tech, says the vibration of the fans jumping around Lane Stadium travels down through the foundation of the stadium and into the ground is what produces ...

The seismologist, aka Earth scientist, invented the critical measurement tool to help better understand the magnitude of earthquakes. Who is Charles Richter? How does the Richter Scale work?