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Richter magnitude scale: a standalone construct

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Seismology

the logarithmic scale of earthquake size based on the maximum amplitude recorded by a standard seismograph at a given distance.

In seismology, Richter magnitude scale refers to the logarithmic scale of earthquake size based on the maximum amplitude recorded by a standard seismograph at a given distance. This meaning comes from Richter (1935) in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.[1]

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References

Richter, C. F. (1935). An instrumental earthquake magnitude scale. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 25(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1785/bssa0250010001

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