Question

How is the magnitude of the earthquake related to the collapse of houses. Answer in brief

Answer 1

If the magnitude of the earthquake is high, that means there will be more vibration and shaking of the ground which will disturb the foundation the the buildings. Higher the shaking, higher is the chance of the buildings collapsing.


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Answer 2

The earthquake of magnitude refers to how the scale is in that time.

Magnitude usually depends upon the Richter scale.

The intensity of the earthquake is measured by the Richter scale.

It represents whether it is low or high.

How much energy release is also measured by Richter magnitude scale with the seismic energy amount?

Due to this, the houses are also collapsed.

Main reason of house collapsing is the high amount of seismic energy which is shown on Richter scale.