See the related link for answer. A 5 is 32 kilotons of TNT, a 6 is 1 megaton of TNT.
how much more groung motion does an earthquake witha magnitude of 6.0 have than one with a magnitude of 4.0
1000 times as much
the magnitude of 3.0 releases about 1000 times as much energy as an 1.0 magnitude
My understanding of the magnitudes of earthquakes is that each decimal point is equal to a magnitude of strength 10x more than the previous number. Example would be that a 4.2 earthquake is 10x stronger than a 4.1 earthquake. Therefore, a magnitude 8.5 EQ is 100x stronger than a 7.5 EQ.
Concerning that the highest reading is 7, so a 6.3 Richter can cause very big damage
According to several US news agencies (c.g. CBSNEWS), the USGS provided a comparison to help people gain perspective of Japan's recent earthquake.It was cited that"USGS compared Japan's earthquake with two well known quakes: last year's earthquake in Haiti and the historic 1906 San Francisco quake.The USGS calculated the magnitude 8.9 earthquake in Japan [on March 11, 2011] to be 700 times stronger than Haiti's recent magnitude 7.0 earthquake, which devastated Port-au-Prince and killed more than 300,000 people.When comparing to the San Francisco magnitude 7.9 earthquake in 1906, the USGS has figured that Japan's earthquake is equivalent to 30 times stronger."
One statement you could write is that "Earthquakes of higher magnitudes are much rarer than those of lower magnitudes". The magnitude of earthquakes is a logarithmic scale, so a magnitude of 8 is TEN TIMES more powerful than a magnitude 7. This is why earthquakes of higher magnitudes are so much rarer than those of lower magnitudes.
No, but it would be much stronger.
This is really an answer but we dont use the ricter scale to record earthquakes because it didn't work well.. we use the M.M.S (Moment Magnitude Scale) To record earthquakes.. ----
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.0 is 10 times stronger than an earthquake with a magnitude of 2.0 on the Richter scale. This means that the release of energy during a magnitude 3.0 earthquake is 10 times greater than that of a magnitude 2.0 earthquake.
30 times
The Richter Scale best describes how much energy an earthquake releases also known as it's magnitude.
No. The Richter scale is a way for scientists to describe how much energy was released by an earthquake (this is known as the earthquakes magnitude).
Richter scale is a scale which shows the magnitude of a earthquake. magnitude below than 4.0 does not cause much damage , magnitude below 2.0 ussually are not felt, magnitude over 5.0 cause damage, 6.0 is considered strong, and 7.0 is a major earthquake.
10 times
being a log scale its 100 times larger between 6 and 8 --each increment of one is a factor of 10 in magnitude. energy released is much much larger tho
the magnitude of 3.0 releases about 1000 times as much energy as an 1.0 magnitude
The energy released by an earthquake increases by 10x for every 1.0 increase in magnitude on the Richter scale. A 6.2 quake is 2.0 higher than a 4.2 quake. The increase in energy output would be calculated as such: 10x10=100. A 6.2 magnitude earthquake is 100 times more powerful than a 4.2 magnitude earthquake.
earthquake magnitude is exponential, not linear. for every increase of 1 on the Richter scale, an earthquake releases 10 times as much energy. The Richter scale has been superseded the moment magnitude scale (MMS). MMS is still logarithmic, but deviates somewhat from the Richter scale (an increase of one indicates about 30 times as much energy). Certain equations or algorithms might be designed for a linear scale, but for most applications a linear scale would be unnecessary and impractical. == == == ==