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Author Question: Why is the Moment magnitude scale favored over the Richter magnitude scale? (Read 280 times)

Jipu 123

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Question 1

Which of the following is determined by measuring the amplitude of waves recorded from an earthquake?
◦ focus or hypocenter
◦ epicenter
◦ magnitude
◦ intensity

Question 2

Why is the Moment magnitude scale favored over the Richter magnitude scale?
◦ The moment magnitude carries the calculated values out to more decimal places so it is more precise.
◦ The Richter magnitude always underestimates the amount of energy released by an earthquake.
◦ The Richter magnitude is based on older models of seismographs that are no longer used to record earthquakes.
◦ The Moment magnitude measures the total energy released by an earthquake.
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