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Richter Scale Magnitude Calculation of an Earthquake

Eart hquake magnit ude is a measure of t he energy released during t he
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Accepted measure of magnitude is the Richter scale and relationship between energy released, E,
and Richter magnitude, M, is
log10 E=11.4 + 1.5M Submit

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Richter scale magnitude is calculated from the maximum amplitude ‘A’ of the seismometer trace as
shown in the figure below

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A 0 is the seismometer reading produced by an Earthquake of standard siz e (i.e., a

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This equation assumes that a distance of 100 km separates the seismometer and the
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