what is the range of measuring the magnitude of an earthquake
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- ᴀɴ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜϙᴜᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴀɢɴɪᴛᴜᴅᴇ sᴄᴀʟᴇ ʜᴀs ɴᴏ ʟᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴏʀ ᴜᴘᴘᴇʀ ʟɪᴍɪᴛ. sᴇɴsɪᴛɪᴠᴇ sᴇɪsᴍᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜs ᴄᴀɴ ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜϙᴜᴀᴋᴇs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴀɢɴɪᴛᴜᴅᴇs ᴏғ ɴᴇɢᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴠᴀʟᴜᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅᴇᴅ ᴍᴀɢɴɪᴛᴜᴅᴇs ᴜᴘ ᴛᴏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ 9.0. (ᴛʜᴇ 1906 sᴀɴ ғʀᴀɴᴄɪsᴄᴏ ᴇᴀʀᴛʜϙᴜᴀᴋᴇ, ғᴏʀ ᴇxᴀᴍᴘʟᴇ, ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ʀɪᴄʜᴛᴇʀ ᴍᴀɢɴɪᴛᴜᴅᴇ ᴏғ 8.25.)
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As defined, an earthquake magnitude scale has no lower or upper limit. Sensitive seismographs can record earthquakes with magnitudes of negative value and have recorded magnitudes up to about 9.0. (The 1906 San Francisco earthquake, for example, had a Richter magnitude of 8.25.)
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