Richter scale no longer rates big earthquakes; moment magnitude, defined in 1979, measures fault slip
The Richter scale no longer rates big earthquakes; seismologists use the moment magnitude scale that Hanks and Kanamori defined in 1979.
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The Richter scale no longer rates big earthquakes; seismologists use the moment magnitude scale that Hanks and Kanamori defined in 1979.
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