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ML magnitude stands for local magnitude. It was developed by Charles Richter, for use in California. However, it does not apply for north eastern america. Otto Nutti (I think thats how it's spelled) from america then created the MN magnitude, Magnitude Nutti, to use in eastern Canada. However, very small earthquakes sometimes defy both of these magnitude types.

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