Richter Scale
Earthquakes
Earthquakes
An earthquake is the shaking of the ground due to the release of seismic energy due to slips along a fault line, volcanic activity or a plain old asteroid hitting the Earth.
An earthquake is the shaking of the ground due to the release of seismic energy due to slips along a fault line, volcanic activity or a plain old asteroid hitting the Earth.
The Richter Scale
The Richter Scale
The Richter Scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake using the logarithm of the amplitude of waves recorded by seismographs.
The Richter Scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake using the logarithm of the amplitude of waves recorded by seismographs.