How Things Work : How Does the Richter Scale Work?
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i got a question....if someone could answer it, originally from yahoo
Q is:
Interesting bit of reporting here (trust Yahoo!) This 3.9 strength quake, measured on the richter scale - But here's the connundrum......
This report then cites earlier quakes measuring: 4.3 in 1750; 4.5 in 1754; and 5.0 in 1878.
How could those earlier quakes be compared when the Richter scale didn't exist until Mr. Richter invented it in 1935?
& in other countries report rechter scales hundreds of yrs ago??? confused
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The Richter scale is not used in seismology anymore.
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@boredandwise 12.5? isnt tht the mordern merchalli scale? O_o
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The biggest "earthquake" so to speak, that we know of, happened on a magnetar about 50,000 light years from earth in 2004. Scientists estimate (that if you could measure this on the Richter scale) would come in at a whopping 32. Pretty amazing stuff.
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but how does the acyual device work?
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yay thx i finished my science project lol
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yay thx i finished my science project lol
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Are Richter scales and Seismographs Real?? How do they Calculate the Earth Moving??
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in 1933 there was a eart quak that was 6.3
you can ask me how i know this
thanks
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in 1933 there was a eart quak that was 6.3
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utopian123 11 months ago 10
00:20 That is incorrect. In 1960, Chile experienced a 9.5 earthquake. In 1964, Alaska experienced a 9.2. There are a few others that were larger than 8.9.
8.9 is still no joke, though.
robgrauertvideo 11 months ago 7