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earthquakes with high magnitude.
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How high can an earthquake's magnitude go?
An earthquake's magnitude can go as high as 10 or above on the Richter scale. Magnitude 10 earthquakes are extremely rare and are considered to be the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. The majority of earthquakes are of lower magnitude, with the average being around magnitude 4.
How may earthquakes of 6 or more magnitude occur each year?
There's about 140 earthquakes with 6 magnitude or above a year.
How is the transfer of energy as seismic waves related to the frequency and magnitude of earthquakes in an region?
how is the transfer of energy as seismic waves related to frequency and magnitude of earthquakes in a region
Where were the 2 largest earthquakes ever?
The largest earthquakes ever was the Valdivia earthquake in Chile in 1960 with a magnitude of 9.5. The second largest was the Alaska earthquake in 1964 with a magnitude of 9.2.
What is the measure of an earthquakes strength called?
This is known as magnitude. It is measured on the moment magnitude scale.
How high can an earthquake's magnitude go?
An earthquake's magnitude can go as high as 10 or above on the Richter scale. Magnitude 10 earthquakes are extremely rare and are considered to be the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. The majority of earthquakes are of lower magnitude, with the average being around magnitude 4.
Why are there fewer magnitude 2 and 3 earthquakes instead of magnitude 4 earthquakes?
There are far more magnitude 2 or 3 earthquakes than magnitude 4 earthquakes. The small quakes just don't get noticed as much because they typically do little or no serious damage.
Why do Australia's neighbors experience more high magnitude earthquakes than Australia?
Australia is in the middle of a tectonic plate, and earthquakes happen at the edges of these plates.
What does magnitude have to do with earthquakes?
The word magnitude (in the context of earthquakes) is used to describe the amount of energy released when one occurs.
Do all earthquakes have after shock?
No only middle and big magnitude earthquakes do.
How is an earthquakes energy measured?
Magnitude
How is the moment magnitude used to describe earthquakes?
The moment magnitude scale can be used to rate earthquakes of all sizes, near or far.
How may earthquakes of 6 or more magnitude occur each year?
There's about 140 earthquakes with 6 magnitude or above a year.
Which is a factor in calculating the moment magnitude of an earthquake?
magnitude of past earthquakes in the area
Did California just have an earthquake?
We don't know how to predict earthquakes. Given California's history and that it is on a fairly active fault line we can say that it will certainly continue to have earthquakes and at some point there will be a big one. But as to when, no one knows.
Statment between the magnitude of a earthquake and how often earthquakes of the magnitude occur?
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.
What type of boundary has the most earthquakes with high magnitudes?
Convergent boundaries where large scale thrust faulting occurs tend to have the largest magnitude earthquakes. For wxample the subduction boundary between the Pacific plate and the South American plate was responsible for the largest magnitude earthquake ever recorded (the magnitude 9.5 Valdivia earthquake that occurred in 1960 in Chile).
