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It indicates the amount of energy released during the earthquake. It is a logarithmic scale, meaning (in this case) that 1 number more on this scale indicates 10 times more energy, 2 more indicates 100 times more energy, etc.
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What does major earthquake mean?
It means that the earthquake is large and powerful.
What is the number one earthquake in history?
Krakatoa
Each element in the periodic table is assigned an atomic number. This number is the same as?
The Atomic number refers to how many Protons are in the Atom
What is the Magnitude of an earthquake and how big was the earthquake in Japan?
The magnitude of an earthquake is a number used to quantify how much energy was released during the earthquake. The earthquake in Japan that occurred on Friday, March 10, 2011, had a moment magnitude of 8.9.
What does the frequency of an earthquake mean?
Frequency is how often something happens.
What does casualities in earthquake mean?
The word 'causalities' in this case refers to the number of human deaths caused by the earthquake.
What does the number you have dialed is unallocated mean?
unallocated means not assigned but it still doesn't answer the real question how is a number calling you that isn't assigned to anybody or company
What mean of 1613 in truck?
Need to know the make of the truck. Could be a model number, could be a unit number assigned by the company.
How much stronger would a number 5 earthquake be than a number 3 earthquake?
Because of the Richter Scale's logarithmic properties, a number 5 earthquake is 100 times more severe than a number 3 earthquake.
Is your Ontario education number the same as your student number?
No, the OEN is assigned by the province and the student number is assigned by the school board.
What is the worst earthquake in the history?
There's really no way of telling for certain, since we only invented earthquake measuring devices in the early 1900s. The biggest earthquake since that time was the 1960 earthquake in southern Chile, near the town of Valdivia. It was assigned a magnitude of 9.5 on the Richter Scale.
What does major earthquake mean?
It means that the earthquake is large and powerful.
Does a small earthquake mean that a larger earthquake is coming?
Not always
What is mean by the CFN number of active pharmaceutical ingredient?
CFN/FEI is for Manufacturing site to register in FDA ,so FDA can inspect your firm. Central File Number (CFN): 7-digit number assigned by FDA. FDA Establishment Identifier number (FEI): 7 to 10-digit number assigned by FDA
How are telephone numbers assigned?
VoIP telephone number is assigned through IP. Every IP distributed has their own number.
What does it mean when your shaking?
There is an earthquake
What number was the Haitian earthquake?
The Haiti Earthquake measured about 7 on the Richter Scale.
