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Which Richter magnitude range can be recorded by instruments but isn't felt?
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2.0 - 2.9
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Has New York had an earthquake?
New York has had 16 earthquakes with magnitude range of 3.5 and greater from 1974-2003. And the largest earthquake in New York was magnitude 5.8 on May 9, 1944.
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In what type of climate was the largest yearly temperature range recorded?
The taiga is the biome with the largest yearly temperature range. Winter temperatures range between -65 and 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Summer temperatures range between 30 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
What is bigger a tidal wave or a tsunami?
The magnitude and location of the earthquake.The magnitude and location of the earthquake.The magnitude and location of the earthquake.The magnitude and location of the earthquake.
Why is a spring a good force measurer for a newton meter?
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Which Richter magnitude range usually causes extreme destruction?
below 5.5
How does the Richter scale know if there is an aftershock?
The Richter scale does not know anything. The Richter scale is a measurement of the magnitude of an earthquake. The numbers of the scale represent a quantifiable measurement or range of the strength.
Where was the smallest earthquake ever recorded?
Somewhere in the 3.0 to 4.0 magnitude range, depending on the geology and, of course, how close you are to the epicenter.
What numerical scale expresses the magnitude of earthquakes?
The Richter Magnitude Scale often shortened to Richter scale represents a number to quantify the energy released during an earthquake on a logarithmic scale.Earthquakes with magnitude less than 2.0 are generally not felt by people but only registered by sensitive machines.Earthquakes at the 9.0 and greater range cause severe damage or collapse to all buildings in the area.
What number on the Richter scale do most earthquakes fall?
Most earthquakes are classified as "microquakes" that fall in the range of 1.0 to 1.9 on the Richter scale. Several million such quakes occur each year - practically continuously. A bit over one million quakes a year fall in the range from 2.0 to 2.9 on the Richter scale. A bit over 100,000 quakes with a magnitude of 3.0 to 3.9 occur each year Light earthquakes in the range from 4.0 to 4.9 happen about 10,000 to 15,000 times each year. About 1,000 to 1,500 moderate earthquakes in the range of 5.0 to 5.9 shake things up each year. Strong earthquakes (in the range of 6.0 to 6.9) hit 100 to 150 locations on the earth each year. We get 10-20 major earthquakes (magnitude 7.0-7.9) each year. An earthquakes in the range from 8.0 to 8.9 might occur once a year somewhere on the earth. Earthquakes of magnitude 9.0 or greater only occur once every 10 to 50 years.
What is the instrument that detects and measures waves produced by an earthquake?
A seismograph measures and records the waves generated by earthquakes and similar seismic events.Earlier devices had separate measuring (seismometer) and recording instruments.
What is an earthquake's strength?
Depends on it's magnitude which can range. Seisometers are used to measure the Magnitude of an earthquake. Magnitude is it's strength.
What is the maximum value on the Richter scale?
Up to about 7. It's not very good at distinguishing between earthquakes stronger than that, which is one reason the actual Richter scale is no longer used (having been replaced in the 1970s or so). The moment magnitude scale that seismologists use now is sometimes miscalled the Richter scale, though it's different (and is much better at distinguishing between large quakes). As far as I know it doesn't have a theoretical upper limit, though the largest earthquake ever measured had a moment magnitude of 9.5.
Has there ever been a 10.0 or greater earthquake in history?
Not that has ever been recorded by man. The largest recorded earthquake occurred off the west coast of Chile in 1960 and had a magnitude of 9.5. It is thought that the impact that occurred 65.5 million years ago creating the Chixulub crater beneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico (and thought to have contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs) yielded energy equivalent to an earthquake of magnitude 12.5.
What are the instruments in the woodwind family which are in the middle range?
The clarinet and the alto saxophone are both mid-range instruments.
Which 3 woodwind instruments play in the middle range?
what 3 woodwind instruments play in the middle range
What was the smallest earthquake to kill a person?
The magnitude measures the maximum motion recorded by a seismograph with of range of values typically from 0.1 to 10 through there is no real upper limit to the scale. An earthquakes with a magnitude less than 2.5 is considered minor and usually not felt, but can be recorded by seismograph. Magnitudes 5.0 to 5.9 is considered moderate. Deaths have been attributed to earthquakes with a magnitude low as 5.5, but it is still possible that person's death can be caused by an earthquake with a smaller magnitude either from fallen debris or a loose gas/electrical line.
