They use the Richter scale to measure magnitude and Moment Measure to measure energy released.
1. Richter Magnitude Scale
2. Moment Magnitude Scale (exact measure of energy released)
Earthquake magnitudes are rated using the moment magnitude scale. Moderate and small earthquakes (those with a magnitude below 7) are also measured using the Richter scale. Please see the related question for more information.
Richter scale
circum pacific belt- oceanic ridge system
No. There is no rating system for thunderstorms.
No. The scale you are describing is an intensity scale such as the modified Mercalli scale. The Richter scale is in fact a magnitude scale which describes the amount of energy released by an earthquake.
Geologists use the Moment Magnitude Scale, a rating system that estimates the total energy released by an earthquake. The Moment Magnitude Scale can be used to rate earthquakes of all sizes, near or small.-Source is from Prentice Hall: Science Explorer Earth Science textbook page 158 Ch. 5: Earthquakes
The rating system used to estimate the total energy released by an earthquake is the Moment Magnitude Scale.
Earthquake magnitudes are rated using the moment magnitude scale. Moderate and small earthquakes (those with a magnitude below 7) are also measured using the Richter scale. Please see the related question for more information.
The Richter Scale, which reads the movement and level (magnitude) of an earthquake.
A measurement system derived from the amount of displacement (energy) of the earthquake.
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The magnitude varies depending on the magnitude and terrain and it doesn't tell you how much damage was caused or how far it reach. There are also aftershocks as well which aren't mentioned in the magnitude.
Richter scale
circum pacific belt- oceanic ridge system
No it is based on a scale of 1 to 10 and the only way a 10.0 earthquake could happen would be all of the faults join together to form one big earthquake.
These are known as magnitude scales.The Moment magnitude scale (abbreviated as MMS; denoted as MW) is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released.The US Geological Survey assigns MMS figures to most earthquakes, but news reports may still refer to the Richter scale, the familiar earlier scale that was superseded by the MMS.