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| x Gutenberg and Richter's (1954) magnitude scale | ||
| x Surface-wave magnitude scale | ||
| x Moment magnitude scale |
The moment magnitude scale (abbreviated as MMS; denoted as Mw, where w indicates work accomplished) is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released. The magnitude is based on the moment of the earthquake,...
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| x Richter magnitude scale |
The Richter magnitude scale, also known as the local magnitude (ML) scale, assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released by an earthquake. It is a base-10 logarithmic scale obtained by calculating the logarithm of the...
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| x Intensity magnitude scale | ||
