Question

Name the scale on which the destructive energy of an
earthquake
measures An earthquake measures on the
scale would it be recovered by a seimorghft? is It
likely to cause much damge​

Answer 1

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• Tʜᴇ ʀɪᴄʜᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴄᴀʟᴇ ᴍᴇᴀꜱᴜʀᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ ᴏꜰ ᴀɴ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜQᴜᴀᴋᴇ.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

The Richter magnitude scale was developed in 1935 by Charles F. Richter of the California Institute of Technology as a mathematical device to compare the size of earthquakes. The magnitude of an earthquake is determined from the logarithm of the amplitude of waves recorded by seismographs. Adjustments are included in the magnitude formula to compensate for the variation in the distance between the various seismographs and the epicenter of the earthquakes. On the Richter Scale, magnitude is expressed in whole numbers and decimal fractions. For example, a magnitude of 5.3 might be computed for a moderate earthquake, and a strong earthquake might be rated as magnitude 6.3. Because of the logarithmic basis of the scale, each whole number increase in magnitude represents a tenfold increase in measured amplitude; as an estimate of energy, each whole number step in the magnitude scale corresponds to the release of about 31 times more energy than the amount associated with the preceding whole number value.

The Richter scale has the readings from 1 to 10. The reading of magnitude 3 on the Richter scale would be recorded by a seismograph. If the Richter scale gives a reading of magnitude 3, then the earthquake is not likely to cause much damage. Generally, earthquake of magnitudes higher than 7 is considered destructive in nature.