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  2. Richter scale - Wikipedia

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    The Richter scale [1] (/ ˈ r ɪ k t ər /), also called the Richter magnitude scale, Richter's magnitude scale, and the Gutenberg–Richter scale, [2] is a measure of the strength of earthquakes, developed by Charles Richter in collaboration with Beno Gutenberg, and presented in Richter's landmark 1935 paper, where he called it the "magnitude scale". [3]

  3. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    Nonetheless, the residual and irreducible instability of a physical IPK undermined the reliability of the entire metric system to precision measurement from small (atomic) to large (astrophysical) scales. [39] By avoiding the use of an artefact to define units, all issues with the loss, damage, and change of the artefact are avoided. [1]: 125

  4. Level of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Level of measurement or scale of measure is a classification that describes the nature of information within the values assigned to variables. [1] Psychologist Stanley Smith Stevens developed the best-known classification with four levels, or scales, of measurement: nominal , ordinal , interval , and ratio .

  5. Seismic magnitude scales - Wikipedia

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    Even for distant earthquakes, measuring the duration of the shaking (as well as the amplitude) provides a better measure of the earthquake's total energy. Measurement of duration is incorporated in some modern scales, such as M wpd and mB c . [66] M c scales usually measure the duration or amplitude of a part of the seismic wave, the coda. [67]

  6. Moment magnitude scale - Wikipedia

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    The moment magnitude scale (MMS; denoted explicitly with M or M w or Mwg, and generally implied with use of a single M for magnitude [1]) is a measure of an earthquake's magnitude ("size" or strength) based on its seismic moment.

  7. Parts of Scotland hit by earthquake - AOL

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    Parts of Scotland were hit by an earthquake. The earthquake, measuring 2.1ML on the Richter scale, hit Morvern in the Highlands just before 3.30pm.

  8. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    The Earth-Moon orbit, Saturn, OGLE-TR-122b, Jupiter, and other objects, to scale. Click on image for detailed view and links to other length scales. Scale model at megameters of the main Solar System bodies. To help compare different orders of magnitude, this section lists lengths starting at 10 8 meters (100 megameters or 100,000 kilometers or ...

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