On October 30, 2016, the town suffered significant damage, and may have been completely destroyed, from a earthquake magnitude 6.6.
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States like Alaska, California and Missouri have firm grips on those honors, with earthquake magnitudes ranging from 8 to 9.2.
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Moment magnitude is now the most common measure for medium to large earthquake magnitudes, but breaks down for smaller quakes.
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Earthquake magnitude is a measure of the total energy released by an earthquake, as indicated by ground motion recorded on seismographs.
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States like Alaska, California and Missouri have firm grips on those honors, with earthquake magnitudes ranging from 8 to 9 . 2.
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The calculated earthquake magnitudes are almost three times stronger than all the calculations done by TEPCO regarding the safety assessments for the plant.
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The Richter scale has been used to describe earthquake magnitudes for more than 60 years, and it shows no sign of receding into history.
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The earthquake magnitude was recorded as 7.5 M w, and was the strongest in the region since the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
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Unlike the earthquake magnitude scales, which express the seismic energy released by an earthquake, EMS-98 intensity denotes how strongly an earthquake affects a specific place.
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We usually hear about earthquake magnitude as measured by the Richter scale, named for Charles Richter, a crusty seismologist from the California Institute of Technology.
