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How is an earthquakes magnitude measured using the Richter scale?
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The Richter scale assigns a magnitude number to an earthquake based on the maximum amplitude of the seismic waves as recorded on a seismometer and the distance of the seismometer station from the epicentre of the earthquake.
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What it measured on the Richter scale?
Richter scale measures the magnitude of earthquakes.
How earthquakes and the destruction they cause are measured?
They are measured on the Richter Scale, if you are talking about the magnitude
What scale gives the intensity of earthquakes?
Richter scale is used to measure earthquakes magnitude Shake intensity is measured on the Mercalli scale
What scale is measured for an earthquakes strength?
Richter scale is used for measuring earthquakes. It is a scale which works from 1 to 10 magnitude.
What is the strongest magnitude earthquake ever measured on the Richter magnitude?
The strongest earthquake that can be measured using the Richter magnitude scale is one with a magnitude of 8.0. For earthquakes larger than this, the moment magnitude scale must be used.
How is the size of earthquakes measured?
They use a richter scale to measure intensity and magnitude.
What is the scale used to magnitude of earthquakes?
Richter Scale~
What are the scales in the magnitude of earthquake?
Large earthquakes (magnitudes greater than 8) are measured using the MMS (moment magnitude) scale. Small and moderate strength earthquakes (those with magnitudes less than 7) are measured using the Richter magnitude scale and earthquakes with magnitudes between 7 and 8 are measured using the Surface Wave magnitude scale.
What is the name of the scale that measures earthquakes?
The Richter scale was originally developed to measure the strength or magnitude of moderate earthquakes (magnitudes less than 7). The surface wave magnitude scale was then developed by Richter and Guttenburg to allow larger earthquake magnitudes to be measured (up to 8). To measure large earthquakes the moment magnitude scale must be used. To measure the severity of earthquakes, the Modified Mercalli intensity scale is used in the US and the Macroseismic scale is used in Europe.
What scale is used to describe the magnitude of earthquakes?
a Richter scale
How are some earthquakes measured?
they are measured by a Richter scale
What is measured on the ritchet scale?
The intensity of earthquakes is measured on the Richter Scale.
