EARTH SCIENCE
EARTHQUAKES
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Question
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How does the Richter Magnitude Scale calculate its measurements?
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Eyewitnesses
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Amount of damage caused
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The amount of time the earthquake lasted
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The strength of the seismic waves recorded by a seismograph machine.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -It used a formula based on the amplitude of the largest wave recorded on a specific type of seismometer and the distance between the earthquake and the seismometer.
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