Which scale is good for small nearby earthquakes but not as useful for larger or distant ones?
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Richer scale is used to measure short time earthquake
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Moment is a product of the distance a fault moved and the force required to move it. ... estimates are about the same as Richter magnitudes for small to large earthquakes. ... Magnitude scales can be used to desribe earthquakes so small that they are ... The scale also has no upper limit, so it can describe earthquakes of ...
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