This document provides information about earthquake magnitude and the Richter scale. It defines magnitude as a measure of an earthquake's size and energy released at its source, which does not change over time. The Richter scale characterizes the relative size and energy of earthquakes on a logarithmic scale, where each whole number increase indicates an earthquake is 31 times more intense in terms of energy released. The scale was created in the 1930s by American seismologist Charles Richter to quantify earthquake magnitude.
This document provides information about earthquake magnitude and the Richter scale. It defines magnitude as a measure of an earthquake's size and energy released at its source, which does not change over time. The Richter scale characterizes the relative size and energy of earthquakes on a logarithmic scale, where each whole number increase indicates an earthquake is 31 times more intense in terms of energy released. The scale was created in the 1930s by American seismologist Charles Richter to quantify earthquake magnitude.
This document provides information about earthquake magnitude and the Richter scale. It defines magnitude as a measure of an earthquake's size and energy released at its source, which does not change over time. The Richter scale characterizes the relative size and energy of earthquakes on a logarithmic scale, where each whole number increase indicates an earthquake is 31 times more intense in terms of energy released. The scale was created in the 1930s by American seismologist Charles Richter to quantify earthquake magnitude.
This document provides information about earthquake magnitude and the Richter scale. It defines magnitude as a measure of an earthquake's size and energy released at its source, which does not change over time. The Richter scale characterizes the relative size and energy of earthquakes on a logarithmic scale, where each whole number increase indicates an earthquake is 31 times more intense in terms of energy released. The scale was created in the 1930s by American seismologist Charles Richter to quantify earthquake magnitude.
MAGNITUDE RICHTER SCALE Prepared by: Alfredo Luis H. Ejera DISCUSSION OUTLINE OBJECTIVE
To explore and define Magnitude
To know what Richter Scale is and it's use EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKE Earthquake is defined as a natural shaking of the earths lithosphere caused by the release of energy stored in the lithospheric rocks that then creates seismic waves MAGNITUDE -the amount of energy released from the focus of an earthquake MAGNITUDE MAGNITUDE IS A MEASURE OF AN EARTHQUAKES SIZE AND DOES NOT CHANGE MAGNITUDE IS THE NUMBER ITSELF 5 5
MANILA MANILA MAGNITUDE MEANS HOW FAR AND HOW MUCH M A G MAGNITUDE N CHARACTERIZES THE I T RELATIVE SIZE AND ENERGY U OF AN EARTHQUAKE D E MAGNITUDE Magnitude examples in earthquakes: CHILE 1960 -the largest earthquake ever recorded in the 20th century. The earthquake has a recorded magnitude of 9.5, the strongest magnitude recorded ever in the 20th century MAGNITUDE 9.5 Devastating Several thousands kilometers Total devastation Changes in ground topography MAGNITUDE EQUIVALENT TNT 9.5
500 MILLION OF TONS! DIFFERENCE OF MAGNITUDE AND INTENSITY
Magnitude - the Intensity - it
measure of size and determines the effects energy released at the on people, structures, source of the and the environment. earthquake MAGNITUDE INTENSITY EPICENTER HYPOCENTER
EPICENTER HYPOCENTER
IS THE POINT IS THE POINT
DIRECTLY ABOVE DIFFERENCE WITHIN THE THE HYPOCENTER EARTH WHERE AN OR WHERE THE EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE STARTS RUPTURE STARTS Born in 26 April 1900- 30 september 1985 Charles F. Richter Is an American seismologist and physicist most famous for the creation of the Richter magnitude scale. Born in 26 April 1900- 30 september 1985 RICHTER SCALE
-Is an apparatus that indicates
the magnitude of an earthquake, it uses a logarithm that interprets the wave amplitudes on a seismogram. In Richter's Logarithmic system, every whole number value listed in the magnitude Scale indicates an amount of energy that is 31 times more than the amount of energy represented by the preceding whole number EXAMPLE
Magnitude 8
N 31 X MORE THAN N EXAMPLE
Magnitude 8 31 TIMES STRONGER THAN N 31 X MORE THAN N MANITUDE 7 LOGARITHM -the exponent or power to which a base must be raised to yield a given number 1000 = 10x10x10 = 10^3 LOGARITHM BASE 10 log-3 OF 1000 = 3 base-10 or log10(1000)=3 RICHTER
SCALE HOW DO RICHTER SCALE WORK? Richter scale is not actually the apparatus that is used get the measurement, rather it is the one who calculates the measurement recorded by a siesmograph "Everything is theoretically
