<h3>ANSWER:</h3>
A. It gauges fault movement during an earthquake.
D. It increases in magnitude as the amount of damage increases.
E. It determines an earthquake’s magnitude based on the size of its seismic waves.
<h3>EXPLANATION:</h3>
The Richter magnitude scale determines the magnitude that is the size of the earthquake. It can measure earthquakes even of 4.5 or above all over the world through the use of seismograph where seismic waves interprets the magnitude of earthquake. A Richter number of less than 2.0 is not felt by people whereas Richter number of 8.0 to 9.9 show massive destruction. Hence the magnitude of increases of Richter scale when damage is increased.
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