Originally Posted by luv2safari
Originally Posted by ironbender
FWIW, the Richter scale of magnitude is no longer used.

Richter only goes to 10. Seismologists believe a quake of greater than 10 magnitude is possible.

Moment magnitude is similar.



Thanks IB.

After studying a bit I can see where the Moment of Magnitude scale more accurately measures the quakes energy. The scales are similar but different. The MofM scale would more accurately measure Big Ones.

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