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BookmarkThe moment magnitude scale was introduced in 1979 by Tom Hanks and Hiroo Kanamori as a successor to the Richter scale and is used by seismologists to compare the energy released by earthquakes..
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Richter magnitude scale — The Richter magnitude test scale (or more correctly local magnitude ML scale) assigns a single number to quantify the size of an earthquake. It is a ... > read more
North Anatolian Fault — The North Anatolian Fault is one of the most energetic earthquake zones in the world. Turkey is set on a minor tectonic plate which is being squeezed ... > read more
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Great Chilean Earthquake — The Great Chilean Earthquake or Valdivia Earthquake (Terremoto de Valdivia in Spanish) of May 22, 1960 is the largest magnitude earthquake recorded ... > read moreNote: This page refers to an article that is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the article Moment magnitude scale at Wikipedia.org. See the Wikipedia copyright page for more details.
