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Why are large earthquakes less common than small earthquakes?
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because it takes lots of years for the stress to build up and the earthquake to be huge
NekoChibi-chan said: Earthquakes are caused by tectonic plates in the earth's crust. When 2 of the plates meet, they collide and slide, this causes movement in the ground. The plates don't shift very much very often (It takes a long time for them to push on each other to make the earth shake intensively). Places where earthquakes often happen are most likely on a tectonic plate. It is not uncommon to have under water eruptions or earthquake'.
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What is the name of the scale that measures earthquakes?
The Richter scale was originally developed to measure the strength or magnitude of moderate earthquakes (magnitudes less than 7). The surface wave magnitude scale was then developed by Richter and Guttenburg to allow larger earthquake magnitudes to be measured (up to 8). To measure large earthquakes the moment magnitude scale must be used. To measure the severity of earthquakes, the Modified Mercalli intensity scale is used in the US and the Macroseismic scale is used in Europe.
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A small earthquake is anything not felt or is felt but does not do any damage to property. An earthquake of magnitude 2.5 or less is usually not felt, but can be recorded by seismograph. Earthquakes above magnitude 2.5 and under magnitude 5.4 are often felt but only cause minor damage.
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