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Magnitude Types
Jan 10 2023Magnitude Type Magnitude Range Distance Range Comments Mww (Moment W-phase) (generic notation M ... ~5.0 and larger 1 - 90 degrees Derived from a centroid moment tensor in ... Mwc (centroid) ~5.5 and larger 20 - 180 degrees Derived from a centroid moment tensor in ... Mwb (body wave) ~5.5 to ~7.0 30 - 90 degrees Derived from moment tensor inversion of ... Mwr (regional) ~4.0 to ~6.5 0 - 10 degrees Based on the scalar seismic-moment of th ... 
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Because of the limitations of all three magnitude scales (ML, Mb, and Ms), a new more uniformly applicable extension of the magnitude scale, known as moment magnitude, or Mw, was developed. In particular, for very large earthquakes, …
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The moment magnitude scale (MMS; denoted explicitly with Mw or Mw, and generally implied with use of a single M for magnitude ) is a measure of an earthquake's magnitude ("size" or strength) based on its seismic moment. It was defined in a 1979 paper by Thomas C. Hanks and Hiroo Kanamori. Similar to the local magnitude/Richter scale (ML ) defined by Charles Francis Richter in 1935, it uses a logarithmic scale; small earthquakes have approximately the same magnitudes o…
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https://www.britannica.com/science/moment-magn…The moment magnitude scale was designed to produce a more accurate accounting of the total energy released by an earthquake, and it …
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The Moment Magnitude Scale. Unfortunately, many scales, such as the Richter scale, do not provide accurate estimates for large magnitude earthquakes. Today the moment magnitude …
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Main article: Moment magnitude scale Other magnitude scales are based on aspects of seismic waves that only indirectly and incompletely reflect the force of an earthquake, involve …
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The moment magnitude uses seismograms plus what physically occurs during an earthquake (which can also be derived from seismograms), known as the "seismic moment". The seismic moment defines how much force is …
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The MOMENT MAGNITUDE SCALE is newly devised scale for measuring the size of an earthquake vis-a-vis the energy released. This was developed in 1979 to overcome the …
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The chart below shows values are only typical values of various magnitudes, description and damage near epicenters from earthquakes and should be taken with extreme caution …
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15 rows · M W = 2/3 * (log 10 (M O) - 16.1), where M O is the seismic moment. Based on the scalar ...
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