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An earthquakes magnitude is measures buy a Richter scale which was invented by Dr. Charles Richter in the 1930s a seismologist of the California state institution it is the measure of the largest seismic wave recorded on a certain seismograph located 100 clicks, roughly 62 miles from the epicenter of an earthquake.

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