What was the smallest earthquake?

Answer 1

It is not known for certain where the smallest earthquake occurred, nor just how small it was. Tiny earthquakes happen throughout the world all of the time. Most places don't even attempt to measure these, and only in areas where larger earthquakes are a concern do they have equipment in place to measure seismic activity. Places that are seismically active, such as Southern California or virtually any volcanic area, see earthquakes measuring less than 1.0 on the Richter scale on a regular basis.

Answer 2

Santiago Janipsi on a rhicter scale on 0.135 and it destroyed no buildings, killed 800 people, 5 dogs, 16 sheep, 4 wasps, 12 fleas and 42 Rhiannons and it's epicentre was situated 8.73 miles from the main city of Santiago Janipsi.

Answer 3

It doesn't really work like that.

If you measure close enough, there are almost always tiny, tiny tremors and vibrations. Each of those could be considered a tiny, tiny Earthquake. But since they happen all the time, and doesn't do any harm, no one cares much about them.

You might as well as about what's the shortest someone has ever held their breath, the lightest item someone has lifted by hand, shortest distance walked or something like that.

Answer 4

There are no statistics on the shortest earthquake.

Answer 5

There are no statistics on the shortest earthquake.

Answer 6

The smallest earthquake ever recorded was a magnitude -3.0, which is so small that it is typically not felt by people and only detected by seismographs.

Answer 7

The smallest earthquake was 0.1

Answer 8

Coming out my bum.