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Seismographic networks measure earthquakes by their magnitude, energy release and intensity. Years ago, all magnitude scales were based on the recorded waveform lengths or the length of a seismic wave from one peak to the next. But for very large earthquakes, some magnitudes underestimated the true earthquake size.
It takes data from at least three seismographs to determine the location of an earthquake’s foucs. By using seismographs all over the world, scientists can pinpoint the location of an earthquake’s
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There are many different ways to measure different aspects of an earthquake: Magnitude is the most common measure of an earthquake's size. It is a measure of the size of the earthquake source and is the same number no matter where you are or what the shaking feels like.
EARTHQUAKE MEASUREMENTS The vibrations produced by earthquakes are detected, recorded, and measured by instruments call seismographs1. The zig-zag line made by a seismograph, called a "seismogram," reflects the changing intensity of the vibrations by responding to the motion of the ground surface beneath the instrument. From the data expressed in
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The three largest reported moments are for the 1960 Chile earthquake (Mw 9.6), the 2004 Sumatra earthquake (Mw 9.3), and the 1964 Alaska earthquake (Mw 9.2). Seismologists often divide earthquakes based on their magnitudes into the classes shown in Table 1.
intensity A cumulative measure of the effects of an earthquake at a particular place at the Earth’s surface on humans and/or structures and thus a measure of the strength of earthquakeshaking.Differentfrommagnitude,theintensityatapointdependsnot only on the earthquake strength (released seismic energy) or earthquake size
faults have been associated with earthquakes in Delaware. Measuring Earthquakes - Magnitude and Intensity The size of an earthquake is described in terms of magnitude, which is a measure of the amplitude of a seis-mic wave and is related to the amount of energy released during an earthquake. In the 1930s Charles Richter devel-
