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Lil Red Riding In The Hood
Isn't 8.8 Richter Aa world's record in recorded history?
Isn't 8.8 Richter Aa world's record in recorded history?
Isn't 8.8 Richter Aa world's record in recorded history?
"Lil Red Riding In The Hood"
** Nope.
Chile had a much worse quake in May of 1960 - measured 9.5 on the
modified Richter scale.
3 others are known to have been larger than 8.8 going back to 1755.
What part of "recorded history" are you having problems with thehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale
Probably a great many larger earth quakes have occurred, but no seismographs
were available to measure them.
.... Phil
That one, I would trust the declaration of, but it is difficult, as
that is one hell of a number on a log scale.
A reference that old, I would question the accuracy of the measurement
devices in use at the time, much less, their calibration.
What part of "recorded history" are you having problems with the
meaning of?
Not for earthquakes,
Isn't 8.8 Richter Aa world's record in recorded history?
"Bart the Fuckwit Fart "
** Wot INSANE CRAPOLOGY
ROTFL !!!!!
.... Phil
"Lil Red Riding In The Hood"
This quake is not a magnitude 8.8 on the Richter scale. It is an 8.8 on the
Moment Magnitude scale. The two scales are similar but the MM scale has
bigger numbers at the high end.
The Richter scale is based on the magnitude of the displacement or the
amplitude of the movement. Each whole number on the scale is 10 times the
amplitude of the previous number so the scale is based on the log base 10 of
the amplitude.
The Moment Magnitude scale is based on the energy released and each whole
number is equal to 10^3/2 power greater energy than the previous number.
Ten^3/2 = 31.6 so the energy released is 31.6 times larger for each whole
number increase in magnitude.
It turns out that the Chile quake was 501 times stronger in energy than the
Haiti 7.0 quake.
Increase in energy = 10^ (3/2 * (8.8 -7.0)) = 501 times
NOT for earthquakes, you retarded, brain bent, pussified, sub-human"TheJoker"
** Recorded history goes back 6,000 years -
you completely asinine, FUCKHEAD TROLL !!
.... Phil
Sheesh, what's with the fractional exponent? Apparently they decided to use
a new measure but fudged it so it scaled sort of like the Richter. It would
have been better just to go with a new scale, would have been less
misleading -- escpecially for non-engineering types.
If the MM scale relates to energy and Richter relates to movement amplitude,
maybe they have the same distinction between them as between power and
voltage (or current) gain: a factor of two in the dB number. I addition to
the other stuff you wrote.
Confusing.