GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Richter scale measures the largest wiggle (amplitude) on the recording, but other magnitude scales measure different parts of the earthquake.

Detailed explanation-2: -The strength, size and impact of an earthquake are typically described using two types of measurement: magnitude and intensity scales. Although often confused, they each measure different characteristics of an earthquake.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Richter Scale is a measure that is used to calculate the magnitude of an earthquake.

Detailed explanation-4: -In its range of validity, each is equivalent to the Richter magnitude. Because of the limitations of all three magnitude scales (ML, Mb, and Ms), a new more uniformly applicable extension of the magnitude scale, known as moment magnitude, or Mw, was developed.