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GCSE Geography AQA 2020-2022

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How would you measure the magnitude of Earthquakes?

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You would use the Richter Scale, which tells you the magnitude of an earthquake in a scale of 1-10. However if two earthquakes was a scale of 5 and 6, the 6 is ten times more powerful then 5. You can also use the Moment Magnitude Scale which is used for the harder hitter Earthquakes [7+]


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