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3 years ago

How is the moment magnitude scale used to describe earthquakes?

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GarryVolchara [31]3 years ago

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Answer:

What the girl said above

Explanation:

natka813 [3]3 years ago

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The Richter Scale is not commonly used anymore, except for small earthquakesrecorded locally, for which ML and Mblg are the only magnitudes that can be measured. For all other earthquakes, the moment magnitude scale is a more accurate measure of the earthquake size.

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