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Ilya [14]
3 years ago
11

Explain how do you determine the intensity of earthquake​

Physics
2 answers:
Ivanshal [37]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

The Richter scale measures the largest wiggle (amplitude) on the recording, but other magnitude scales measure different parts of the earthquake. The USGS currently reports earthquake magnitudes using the Moment Magnitude scale, though many other magnitudes are calculated for research and comparison purposes.

Maurinko [17]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

To measure the magnitude of an earthquake, the American scientist Charles Richter developed a scale in 1935. Known as the <u>Richter scale</u>, it assigns a number based on the height of the waves on a seismogram (the visual output of a seismograph). Seismographs measure ground motion, including the energy released by an earthquake.

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