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Events with magnitudes greater than 4.5 are strong enough to be recorded by a seismograph anywhere in the world, so long as its sensors are not located in the earthquake's [[Shadow zone|shadow]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Brush|first=Stephen G.|date=September 1980|title=Discovery of the Earth's core|url=http://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.12026|journal=American Journal of Physics|language=en|volume=48|issue=9|pages=705–724|doi=10.1119/1.12026|issn=0002-9505}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=A dictionary of earth sciences.|date=2008|author=Michael Allaby|isbn=978-0-19-921194-4|edition=3rd |location=Oxford|oclc=177509121}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Einarsson|first=P.|date=September 1978|title=S-wave shadows in the Krafla Caldera in NE-Iceland, evidence for a magma chamber in the crust|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02597222|journal=Bulletin Volcanologique|volume=41|issue=3|pages=187–195|doi=10.1007/bf02597222|issn=0258-8900}}</ref>
The following describes the typical effects of earthquakes of various magnitudes near the epicenter.<ref name="GNSScience1">{{cite web | url=https://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Learning/Science-Topics/Earthquakes/Monitoring-Earthquakes/Other-earthquake-questions/What-is-the-Richter-Magnitude-Scale | title=What is the Richter Magnitude Scale? | publisher=[[GNS Science]] |
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