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| The '''Richter magnitude scale''' (often shortened to '''Richter scale''') was developed to assign a single number to quantify the energy that is released during an [[earthquake]].
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| The scale is a [[Decimal|base-10]] [[logarithmic scale]]. The magnitude is defined as the logarithm of the ratio of the [[amplitude]] of waves measured by a [[seismometer|seismograph]] to an arbitrary small amplitude. An earthquake that measures 5.0 on the Richter scale has a shaking amplitude 10 times larger than one that measures 4.0, and corresponds to a 31.6 times larger release of energy.<ref name=USGS>[http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/richter.php The Richter Magnitude Scale]</ref>
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| Since the mid-20th century, the use of the Richter magnitude scale has largely been supplanted by the [[moment magnitude scale]] (MMS) in many countries. However, the Richter scale is still widely used in [[Russia]] and other [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] countries. Earthquake measurements under the moment magnitude scale in the [[United States]]—3.5 and up, on the MMS scale—are still usually erroneously referred to as being quoted on the Richter scale by the general public, as well as the media, due to their familiarity with the Richter scale as compared to the MMS.
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| == Development ==
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| [[File:CharlesRichter.jpg|thumb|upright|Charles Richter, c. 1970]]
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| Developed in 1935 by [[Charles Francis Richter]] in partnership with [[Beno Gutenberg]], both from the [[California Institute of Technology]], the scale was firstly intended to be used only in a particular study area in [[California]], and on seismograms recorded on a particular instrument, the Wood-Anderson torsion seismograph. Richter originally reported values to the nearest quarter of a unit, but values were later reported with one decimal place. His motivation for creating the local magnitude scale was to compare the size of different earthquakes.<ref name=USGS/>
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| Richter, who since childhood had aspirations in astronomy, drew inspiration from the [[apparent magnitude]] scale used to account for the brightness of stars lost due to distance.<ref name=Reitherman>{{cite book|last=Reitherman|first=Robert|title=Earthquakes and Engineers: An International History|year=2012|publisher=ASCE Press|location=Reston, VA|isbn=9780784410714|pages=208–209|url=http://www.asce.org/Product.aspx?id=2147487208&productid=154097877}}</ref> Richter arbitrarily chose a magnitude 0 event to be an earthquake that would show a maximum combined horizontal displacement of 1 µm (0.00004 in) on a seismogram recorded using a Wood-Anderson torsion seismograph {{convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the earthquake [[epicenter]]. This choice was intended to prevent negative magnitudes from being assigned. The smallest earthquakes that could be recorded and located at the time were around magnitude 3. However, the Richter scale has no lower limit, and sensitive modern seismographs now routinely record quakes with negative magnitudes.
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| <math>M_\text{L}</math> (local magnitude) was not designed to be applied to data with distances to the [[hypocenter]] of the earthquake greater than 600 km<ref>{{cite web|url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/aboutus/docs/020204mag_policy.php |title=USGS Earthquake Magnitude Policy |publisher=USGS |date=March 29, 2010}}</ref> (373 mi). For national and local seismological observatories the standard magnitude scale is today still <math>M_\text{L}</math>. Unfortunately this scale saturates{{clarify|date=October 2012}} at around <math>M_\text{L}</math> = 7,<ref name="weather.gov.hk">{{cite web|url=http://www.weather.gov.hk/education/edu02rga/article/ele-EarthquakeMagnetude_e.htm |title=On Earthquake Magnitudes |first=Wang-chun |last=Woo |date=September 2012 |publisher=Hong Kong Observatory |accessdate=18 December 2013}}</ref> because the high frequency waves recorded locally have wavelengths shorter than the rupture lengths{{clarify|date=October 2012}} of large earthquakes.
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| To express the size of earthquakes around the globe, Gutenberg and Richter later developed a [[surface wave magnitude]] scale, <math>M_\text{s}</math>, and a [[body wave magnitude]] scale <math>M_\text{b}</math>.<ref name="Ellsworth">{{cite journal
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| | title=SURFACE-WAVE MAGNITUDE (<math>M_\text{s}</math>) AND BODY-WAVE MAGNITUDE (mb)
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| </ref> These are types of waves that are recorded at [[teleseism]]ic distances. The two scales were adjusted such that they were consistent with the <math>M_\text{L}</math> scale. This succeeded better with the <math>M_\text{s}</math> scale than with the <math>M_\text{b}</math> scale. Both of these scales saturate when the earthquake is bigger than magnitude 8 and therefore the moment magnitude scale, <math>M_\text{w}</math>, was invented.
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| These older magnitude scales have been superseded by methods for estimating the [[seismic moment]], creating the [[moment magnitude scale]], although the older scales are still widely used because they can be calculated quickly.
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| {{quote|I found a paper by Professor [[Kiyoo Wadati|K. Wadati]] of Japan in which he compared large earthquakes by plotting the maximum ground motion against distance to the epicenter. I tried a similar procedure for our stations, but the range between the largest and smallest magnitudes seemed unmanageably large. Dr. [[Beno Gutenberg]] then made the natural suggestion to plot the amplitudes [[logarithmically]]. I was lucky because [[Logarithmic scale|logarithmic plots]] are a device of the [[devil]].|[[Charles Francis Richter]]|[http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/people/int_richter.php Charles Richter Interview]}}
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| ==Details==
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| The Richter scale proper was defined in 1935 for particular circumstances and instruments; the instrument used saturated for strong earthquakes. The scale was replaced by the [[moment magnitude scale]] (MMS); for earthquakes adequately measured by the Richter scale, numerical values are approximately the same. Although values measured for earthquakes now are actually <math>M_w</math> (MMS), they are frequently reported as Richter values, even for earthquakes of magnitude over 8, where the Richter scale becomes meaningless.
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| Anything above 5 is classified as a risk by the USGS.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}
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| The Richter and MMS scales measure the energy released by an earthquake; another scale, the [[Mercalli intensity scale]], classifies earthquakes by their ''effects'', from detectable by instruments but not noticeable to catastrophic. The energy and effects are not necessarily strongly correlated; a shallow earthquake in a populated area with soil of certain types can be far more intense than a much more energetic deep earthquake in an isolated area.
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| There are several scales which have historically been described as the "Richter scale", especially the ''local magnitude'' <math>M_\text{L}</math> and the surface wave <math>M_\text{s}</math> scale. In addition, the ''body wave magnitude'', <math>m_\text{b}</math>, and the ''moment magnitude'', <math>M_\text{w}</math>, abbreviated MMS, have been widely used for decades, and a couple of new techniques to measure magnitude are in the development stage.
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| All magnitude scales have been designed to give numerically similar results. This goal has been achieved well for <math>M_\text{L}</math>, <math>M_\text{s}</math>, and <math>M_\text{w}</math>.<ref name="Richter 1935">{{cite journal | url=https://www2.bc.edu/~ebel/Richter1935.pdf | title=An instrumental earthquake magnitude scale | author=Richter, C.F. | journal=Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America | year=1935 | volume=25 | issue=1-2 | pages=1–32}}</ref><ref>Richter, C.F., "Elementary Seismology", edn, Vol., W. H. Freeman and Co., San Francisco, 1956.</ref> The <math>m_\text{b}</math> scale gives somewhat different values than the other scales. The reason for so many different ways to measure the same thing is that at different distances, for different [[hypocenter|hypocentral]] depths, and for different earthquake sizes, the amplitudes of different types of elastic waves must be measured.
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| <math>M_\text{L}</math> is the scale used for the majority of earthquakes reported (tens of thousands) by local and regional seismological observatories. For large earthquakes worldwide, the moment magnitude scale is most common, although <math>M_\text{s}</math> is also reported frequently.
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| The [[seismic moment]], '''''<math>M_o</math>''''', is proportional to the area of the rupture times the average slip that took place in the earthquake, thus it measures the physical size of the event. <math>M_\text{w}</math> is derived from it empirically as a quantity without units, just a number designed to conform to the <math>M_\text{s}</math> scale.<ref>Hanks, T. C. and H. Kanamori, 1979, "Moment magnitude scale", Journal of Geophysical Research, 84, B5, 2348.</ref> A spectral analysis is required to obtain <math>M_o</math>, whereas the other magnitudes are derived from a simple measurement of the amplitude of a specifically defined wave.
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| All scales, except <math>M_\text{w}</math>, saturate for large earthquakes, meaning they are based on the amplitudes of waves which have a wavelength shorter than the rupture length of the earthquakes. These short waves (high frequency waves) are too short a yardstick to measure the extent of the event. The resulting effective upper limit of measurement for <math>M_L</math> is about 7<ref name="weather.gov.hk"/> and about 8.5<ref name="weather.gov.hk"/> for <math>M_\text{s}</math>.<ref name="Local magnitude">{{cite web|url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/qfaults/glossary.php |title=Richter scale |work=Glossary |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] |date=March 31, 2010 }}</ref>
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| New techniques to avoid the saturation problem and to measure magnitudes rapidly for very large earthquakes are being developed. One of these is based on the long period P-wave,<ref>Di Giacomo, D., Parolai, S., Saul, J., Grosser, H., Bormann, P., Wang, R. & Zschau, J., 2008. Rapid determination of the enrgy magnitude Me, in European Seismological Commission 31st General Assembly, Hersonissos.</ref> the other is based on a recently discovered channel wave.<ref>Rivera, L. & Kanamori, H., 2008. Rapid source inversion of W phase for tsunami warning, in European Geophysical Union General Assembly, pp. A-06228, Vienna.</ref>
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| The [[energy]] release of an earthquake,<ref>Marius Vassiliou and Hiroo Kanamori (1982): "The Energy Release in Earthquakes," Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 72, 371-387.</ref> which closely correlates to its destructive power, scales with the {{frac|3|2}} power of the shaking amplitude. Thus, a difference in magnitude of 1.0 is equivalent to a factor of 31.6 (<math>=({10^{1.0}})^{(3/2)}</math>) in the energy released; a difference in magnitude of 2.0 is equivalent to a factor of 1000 (<math>=({10^{2.0}})^{(3/2)}</math> ) in the energy released.<ref>{{cite journal|authors=William Spence, Stuart A. Sipkin, and George L. Choy |url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/measure.php |title=Measuring the Size of an Earthquake |journal=Earthquakes and Volcanoes |volume=21 |number=1 |year=1989}}</ref> The elastic energy radiated is best derived from an integration of the radiated spectrum, but one can base an estimate on <math>m_\text{b}</math> because most energy is carried by the high frequency waves.
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| ==Richter magnitudes==
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| The Richter magnitude of an earthquake is determined from the [[logarithm]] of the [[amplitude]] of waves recorded by seismographs (adjustments are included to compensate for the variation in the distance between the various seismographs and the [[epicenter]] of the earthquake). The original formula is:<ref>{{cite journal
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| | title=The Richter Scale <math>M_\text{L}</math>, from The San Andreas Fault System, California (Professional Paper 1515)
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| </ref>
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| :<math>M_\mathrm{L} = \log_{10} A - \log_{10} A_\mathrm{0}(\delta) = \log_{10} [A / A_\mathrm{0}(\delta)],\ </math>
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| where A is the maximum excursion of the Wood-Anderson seismograph, the empirical function A<sub>0</sub> depends only on the [[epicentral distance]] of the station, <math>\delta</math>. In practice, readings from all observing stations are averaged after adjustment with station-specific corrections to obtain the <math>M_\text{L}</math> value.
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| Because of the logarithmic basis of the scale, each whole number increase in magnitude represents a tenfold increase in measured amplitude; in terms of energy, each whole number increase corresponds to an increase of about 31.6 times the amount of energy released, and each increase of 0.2 corresponds to a doubling of the energy released.
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| Events with magnitudes greater than 4.5 are strong enough to be recorded by a seismograph anywhere in the world, so long as its sensors are not located in the earthquake's [[Seismic shadowing|shadow]].
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| The following describes the typical effects of earthquakes of various magnitudes near the epicenter. The values are typical only and should be taken with extreme caution, since intensity and thus ground effects depend not only on the magnitude, but also on the distance to the epicenter, the depth of the earthquake's focus beneath the epicenter, the location of the epicenter and geological conditions (certain terrains can amplify seismic signals).
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| |Microearthquakes, not felt, or felt rarely by sensitive people. Recorded by seismographs.<ref>This is what Richter wrote in his ''Elementary Seismology'' (1958), an opinion copiously reproduced afterwards in Earth's science primers. Recent evidence shows that earthquakes with negative magnitudes (down to −0.7) can also be felt in exceptional cases, especially when the focus is very shallow (a few hundred metres). See: Thouvenot, F.; Bouchon, M. (2008). What is the lowest magnitude threshold at which an earthquake can be felt or heard, or objects thrown into the air?, in Fréchet, J., Meghraoui, M. & Stucchi, M. (eds), ''Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences'' (vol. 2), Historical Seismology: Interdisciplinary Studies of Past and Recent Earthquakes, Springer, Dordrecht, 313–326.</ref>
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| |Felt slightly by some people. No damage to buildings.
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| |Over one million per year
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| |Often felt by people, but very rarely causes damage. Shaking of indoor objects can be noticeable.
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| |Noticeable shaking of indoor objects and rattling noises. Felt by most people in the affected area. Slightly felt outside. Generally causes none to minimal damage. Moderate to significant damage very unlikely. Some objects may fall off shelves or be knocked over.
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| |10,000 to 15,000 per year
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| |5.0–5.9
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| |Can cause damage of varying severity to poorly constructed buildings. At most, none to slight damage to all other buildings. Felt by everyone. Casualties range from none to a few.
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| |Damage to a moderate number of well built structures in populated areas. Earthquake-resistant structures survive with slight to moderate damage. Poorly-designed structures receive moderate to severe damage. Felt in wider areas; up to hundreds of miles/kilometers from the epicenter. Strong to violent shaking in epicentral area. Death toll ranges from none to 25,000.
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| |rowspan="3"|VIII or greater<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.city-data.com/city/Anchorage-Alaska.html|title=Anchorage, Alaska (AK) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news |publisher=City-Data.com |accessdate=2012-10-12 }}</ref>
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| |Causes damage to most buildings, some to partially or completely collapse or receive severe damage. Well-designed structures are likely to receive damage. Felt across great distances with major damage mostly limited to 250 km from epicenter. Death toll ranges from none to 250,000.
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| |10 to 20 per year
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| |Major damage to buildings, structures likely to be destroyed. Will cause moderate to heavy damage to sturdy or earthquake-resistant buildings. Damaging in large areas. Felt in extremely large regions. Death toll ranges from 1,000 to 1 million.
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| |One per year
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| |Near or at total destruction - severe damage or collapse to all buildings. Heavy damage and shaking extends to distant locations. Permanent changes in ground topography. Death toll usually over 50,000.
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| |One per 10 to 50 years
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| (''Based on U.S. Geological Survey documents.'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/eqstats.php |title=Earthquake Facts and Statistics |publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=29 November 2012 |accessdate=18 December 2013}}</ref>
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| The intensity and death toll depend on several factors (earthquake depth, epicenter location, population density, to name a few) and can vary widely.
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| Minor earthquakes occur every day and hour. On the other hand, great earthquakes occur once a year, on average. The largest recorded earthquake was the [[1960 Valdivia earthquake|Great Chilean Earthquake]] of May 22, 1960, which had a magnitude of 9.5 on the [[moment magnitude scale]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/10_largest_world.php |title=Largest Earthquakes in the World Since 1900 |date=30 November 2012 |accessdate=18 December 2013}}</ref> The larger the magnitude, the less frequent the earthquake happens.
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| ===Examples===
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| The following table lists the approximate [[energy]] equivalents in terms of [[TNT equivalent|TNT]] explosive force – though note that the earthquake energy is released ''underground'' rather than overground.<ref>[http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/faq/?faqID=33 FAQs – Measuring Earthquakes]</ref> Most energy from an earthquake is not transmitted to and through the surface; instead, it dissipates into the crust and other subsurface structures. In contrast, a small atomic bomb blast (see [[nuclear weapon yield]]) will not, it will simply cause light shaking of indoor items, since its energy is released above ground.
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| 31.6227 to the ''power of'' 0 ''equals'' 1, 31.6227 to the ''power of'' 1 ''equals'' 31.6227 and 31.6227 to the ''power of'' 2 ''equals'' 1000. Therefore, an 8.0 on the Richter scale releases 31.6227 ''times'' more energy than a 7.0 and a 9.0 on the Richter scale releases 1000 ''times'' more energy than a 7.0. Thus, <math>E \approx 6.3\times 10^4\times 10^{3M/2}\,</math>
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| |63 kJ
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| |Large [[hand grenade]]
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| |2.0 MJ
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| |Seismic impact of typical small construction blast
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| |11 MJ
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| |2.0
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| |15 kg
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| |63 MJ
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| |[[West fertilizer plant explosion]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000g9yl#summary |title=2.1 Explosion - 1km NNE of West, Texas (BETA) |date=19 June 2013 |publisher=United States Geological Survey |accessdate=18 December 2013}}</ref>
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| |85 kg
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| |360 MJ
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| |3.0
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| |2.0 GJ
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| |[[Oklahoma City bombing]], 1995
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| |3.5
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| |2.7 metric tons
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| |11 GJ
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| |[[PEPCON disaster|PEPCON fuel plant explosion, Henderson, Nevada]], 1988
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| [[Dallas]], [[Texas]] earthquake, September 30, 2012
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| |3.87
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| |9.5 metric tons
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| |40 GJ
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| |[[Chernobyl disaster|Explosion at Chernobyl nuclear power plant]], 1986
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| |11 metric tons
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| |46 GJ
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| |[[GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb|Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb]]
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| St. Patrick's Day earthquake, [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]], 2013 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geonet.org.nz/quakes/region/aucklandnorthland/2013p203051 |title=New Zealand Earthquake Report: Magnitude 3.9, Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 4:05:42 pm (NZDT) |publisher=GeoNet |accessdate=18 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10871821 |title=Quake rattles Auckland |first=Matthew |last=Backhouse |first2=Matthew |last2=Theunissen |date=17 March 2013 |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=18 December 2013}}</ref>
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| |-
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| |4.0
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| |15 metric tons
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| |63 GJ
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| |[[Johannesburg]]/[[South Africa]], November 18, 2013
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| |-
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| |4.3
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| |43 metric tons
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| |180 GJ
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| |[[2007 Kent earthquake|Kent Earthquake (Britain), 2007]]
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| Eastern [[Kentucky]] earthquake, November 2012
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| |-
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| |5.0
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| |480 metric tons
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| |2.0 TJ
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| |[[2008 Lincolnshire earthquake|Lincolnshire earthquake (UK), 2008]]<br/>
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| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2010 Central Canada earthquake|Ontario-Quebec earthquake (Canada), 2010]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010xwa7.php#details |title=Magnitude 5.0 – Ontario-Quebec border region, Canada |publisher=earthquake.usgs.gov |accessdate=2010-06-23 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/06/23/tremors-felt-in-toronto-ottawa-reports/ |title=Moderate 5.0 earthquake shakes Toronto, Eastern Canada and U.S.|publisher=nationalpost.com |accessdate=2010-06-23 }}</ref>
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| |-
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| |5.5
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| |2.7 kilotons
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| |11 TJ
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| |Little Skull Mtn. earthquake (Nevada, USA), 1992<br />
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| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2007 Alum Rock earthquake|Alum Rock earthquake (California), 2007]]<br/>
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| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2008 Chino Hills earthquake|Chino Hills earthquake (Southern California), 2008]]
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| |-
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| |5.6
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| |3.8 kilotons
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| |16 TJ
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| |[[1989 Newcastle earthquake|Newcastle, Australia, 1989]]<br />
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| [[2011 Oklahoma earthquake|Oklahoma, 2011]]<br />
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| [[2012 Pernik earthquake|Pernik, Bulgaria, 2012]]
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| |-
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| |6.0
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| |15 kilotons
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| |63 TJ
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| |Double Spring Flat earthquake ([[Nevada]], USA), 1994
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| Approximate magnitude of [[Virginia]]/[[Washington, D.C.]]/[[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] [[2011 Virginia earthquake|earthquake, 2011]]<br />
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| Approximate yield of the [[Little Boy]] Atomic Bomb dropped on [[Hiroshima]] (~16 kt)
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| |-
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| |6.3
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| |43 kilotons
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| |180 TJ
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| |[[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2008 Dodecanese earthquake|Rhodes earthquake (Greece), 2008]]<br />
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| [[1927 earthquake in Palestine|Jericho earthquake (British Palestine), 1927]]<br />
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| [[February 2011 Christchurch earthquake|Christchurch earthquake (New Zealand), 2011]]
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| |-
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| |6.4
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| |60 kilotons
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| |250 TJ
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| |[[2010 Kaohsiung earthquake|Kaohsiung earthquake (Taiwan), 2010]]
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| [[2011 Vancouver earthquake|Vancouver earthquake (Canada), 2011]]
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| |-
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| |6.5
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| |85 kilotons
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| |360 TJ
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| |[[Surface wave magnitude|<math>M_\text{s}</math>]] [[1967 Caracas earthquake|Caracas earthquake (Venezuela), 1967]]<br />
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| [[1980 Irpinia earthquake|Irpinia earthquake (Italy), 1980]]<br />
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| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2010 Eureka earthquake|Eureka earthquake (California, USA), 2010]]<br />
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| Zumpango del Rio earthquake (Guerrero, Mexico), 2011<ref>{{cite web|title=Past Earthquakes |url=http://www2.ssn.unam.mx/website/jsp/fuertes.jsp |publisher=Servicio Sismologico Nacional |accessdate=2 March 2013 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
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| |-
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| |6.6
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| |120 kilotons
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| |500 TJ
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| |[[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[1971 San Fernando earthquake|San Fernando earthquake (California, USA), 1971]]
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| |-
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| |6.7
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| |170 kilotons
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| |710 TJ
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| |[[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[1994 Northridge earthquake|Northridge earthquake (California, USA), 1994]]
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| |-
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| |6.8
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| |240 kilotons
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| |1.0 PJ
| |
| |[[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2001 Nisqually earthquake|Nisqually earthquake (Anderson Island, WA), 2001]]<br/>
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| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[Great Hanshin earthquake|Great Hanshin earthquake (Kobe, Japan), 1995]]<br/>
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| [[2007 Gisborne earthquake|Gisborne earthquake (Gisborne, NZ), 2007]]
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| |-
| |
| |6.9
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| |340 kilotons
| |
| |1.4 PJ
| |
| |[[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake|San Francisco Bay Area earthquake (California, USA), 1989]]<br />
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| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2010 Pichilemu earthquake|Pichilemu earthquake (Chile), 2010]]<br />
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| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2011 Sikkim earthquake|Sikkim earthquake (Nepal-India Border), 2011]]
| |
| |-
| |
| |7.0
| |
| |480 kilotons
| |
| |2.0 PJ
| |
| |[[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2009 Java earthquake|Java earthquake (Indonesia), 2009]]<br>
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| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2010 Haiti earthquake|Haiti earthquake, 2010]]
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| |-
| |
| |7.1
| |
| |680 kilotons
| |
| |2.8 PJ
| |
| |[[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[1908 Messina earthquake|Messina earthquake (Italy), 1908]] <br>
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| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[1944 San Juan earthquake|San Juan earthquake (Argentina), 1944]]<br>
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| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2010 Canterbury earthquake|Canterbury earthquake (New Zealand), 2010]]
| |
| |-
| |
| |7.2
| |
| |950 kilotons
| |
| |4.0 PJ
| |
| |[[1977 Vrancea earthquake|Vrancea earthquake (Romania), 1977]] <br>
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| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[1980 Azores Islands earthquake|1980 Azores Islands Earthquake]] <br>
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| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2010 Baja California earthquake|Baja California earthquake (Mexico), 2010]]
| |
| | |
| |-
| |
| |7.5
| |
| |2.7 megatons
| |
| |11 PJ
| |
| | [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2005 Kashmir earthquake|Kashmir earthquake (Pakistan), 2005]]<br />
| |
| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2007 Antofagasta earthquake|Antofagasta earthquake (Chile), 2007]]
| |
| |-
| |
| |7.6
| |
| |3.8 megatons
| |
| |16 PJ
| |
| | [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2012 Costa Rica earthquake|Nicoya earthquake (Costa Rica), 2012]]<br />
| |
| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2012 San Juan Cacahuatepec earthquake|Oaxaca earthquake (Mexico), 2012]]<br />
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| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2001 Gujarat earthquake|Gujarat earthquake (India), 2001]]<br />
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| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[1999 İzmit earthquake|İzmit earthquake (Turkey), 1999]]<br>
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| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[1999 Jiji earthquake|Jiji earthquake (Taiwan), 1999]]
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| |-
| |
| |7.7
| |
| |5.4 megatons
| |
| |22 PJ
| |
| |[[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[October 2010 Sumatra earthquake and tsunami|Sumatra earthquake (Indonesia), 2010]]<br />
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| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2012 Haida Gwaii earthquake|Haida Gwaii earthquake (Canada), 2012]]
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| |-
| |
| |7.8
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| |7.6 megatons
| |
| |32 PJ
| |
| |[[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[1976 Tangshan earthquake|Tangshan earthquake (China), 1976]]<br />
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| [[Surface wave magnitude|<math>M_\text{s}</math>]] [[1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake|Hawke's Bay earthquake (New Zealand), 1931]]<br />
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| [[Surface wave magnitude|<math>M_\text{s}</math>]] [[1990 Luzon earthquake|Luzon earthquake (Philippines), 1990]]<br />
| |
| |-
| |
| |7.9
| |
| |10-15 megatons
| |
| |42-63 PJ
| |
| |[[Tunguska event]]<br />[[1802 Vrancea earthquake]]<br />
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| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[1923 Great Kanto earthquake|Great Kanto earthquake (Japan), 1923]]
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| |-
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| |8.0
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| |15 megatons
| |
| |63 PJ
| |
| | [[Surface wave magnitude|<math>M_\text{s}</math>]] [[1891 Mino-Owari earthquake|Mino-Owari earthquake (Japan), 1891]]<br/>
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| [[1894 San Juan earthquake|San Juan earthquake (Argentina), 1894]]<br/>
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| [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|San Francisco earthquake (California, USA), 1906]]<br />
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| [[Surface wave magnitude|<math>M_\text{s}</math>]] [[1949 Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake|Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake (B.C., Canada), 1949]]<br />
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| [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2007 Peru earthquake|Chincha Alta earthquake (Peru), 2007]]<br />
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| [[Surface wave magnitude|<math>M_\text{s}</math>]] [[2008 Sichuan earthquake|Sichuan earthquake (China), 2008]]<br />[[1905 Kangra earthquake|Kangra earthquake, 1905]]<br/>
| |
| |-
| |
| |8.1
| |
| |21 megatons
| |
| |89 PJ
| |
| |[[1985 Mexico City earthquake|México City earthquake (Mexico), 1985]]<br />
| |
| Guam earthquake, August 8, 1993<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eeri.org/site/reconnaissance-activities/64-guam/182-m81southendofisland |title=M8.1 South End of Island August 8, 1993.|publisher=eeri.org |accessdate=2011-03-11}}</ref>
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| |-
| |
| |8.35
| |
| |50 megatons
| |
| |210 PJ
| |
| |[[Tsar Bomba]] - Largest thermonuclear weapon ever tested
| |
| |-
| |
| |8.5
| |
| |85 megatons
| |
| |360 PJ
| |
| |[[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[September 2007 Sumatra earthquakes|Sumatra earthquake (Indonesia), 2007]]
| |
| |-
| |
| |8.6
| |
| | 120 megatons
| |
| | 500 PJ
| |
| |[[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[April 2012 Banda Aceh earthquakes|Sumatra earthquake (Indonesia), 2012]]
| |
| |-
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| |8.7
| |
| |170 megatons
| |
| |710 PJ
| |
| |[[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2005 Sumatra earthquake|Sumatra earthquake (Indonesia), 2005]]
| |
| |-
| |
| |8.75
| |
| |200 megatons
| |
| |840 PJ
| |
| |[[Krakatoa]] 1883
| |
| |-
| |
| |8.8
| |
| |240 megatons
| |
| |1.0 EJ
| |
| |[[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2010 Chile earthquake|Chile earthquake, 2010]],
| |
| |-
| |
| |9.0
| |
| |480 megatons
| |
| |2.0 EJ
| |
| | [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[1755 Lisbon earthquake|Lisbon earthquake (Portugal), All Saints Day, 1755]] <br />[[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|The Great Japan earthquake, March 2011]]
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| |-
| |
| |9.15
| |
| |800 megatons
| |
| |3.3 EJ
| |
| |[[Toba catastrophe theory#The Eruption|Toba eruption]] 75,000 years ago; among the largest known volcanic events.<ref>Petraglia, M.; R. Korisettar, N. Boivin, C. Clarkson,4 P. Ditchfield,5 S. Jones,6 J. Koshy,7 M.M. Lahr,8 C. Oppenheimer,9 D. Pyle,10 R. Roberts,11 J.-C. Schwenninger,12 L. Arnold,13 K. White. (6 July 2007). [http://toba.arch.ox.ac.uk/pub_files/Petraglia2007Science.pdf "Middle Paleolithic Assemblages from the Indian Subcontinent Before and After the Toba Super-eruption"]. ''Science'' 317 (5834): 114–116. {{doi|10.1126/science.1141564}}. PMID 17615356.</ref>
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| |-
| |
| |9.2
| |
| |950 megatons
| |
| |4.0 EJ
| |
| |[[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[1964 Alaska earthquake|Anchorage earthquake (Alaska, USA), 1964]] <br />[[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and tsunami (Indonesia), 2004]]
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| |-
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| |9.5
| |
| |2.7 gigatons
| |
| |11 EJ
| |
| |[[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] [[1960 Valdivia earthquake|Valdivia earthquake (Chile), 1960]]
| |
| |-
| |
| |10.0
| |
| |15 gigatons
| |
| |63 EJ
| |
| |Never recorded, equivalent to an earthquake rupturing a very large, lengthy fault, or an extremely rare/impossible mega-earthquake, shown in science fiction {{Clarify|date=April 2013}}
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| |-
| |
| |12.55
| |
| |100 teratons
| |
| |420 ZJ
| |
| |[[Yucatán Peninsula]] impact (creating [[Chicxulub crater]]) 65 [[mya (unit)|Ma]] ago (10<sup>8</sup> megatons; over 4x10<sup>29</sup> ergs = [[1 E21 J|400 ZJ]]).<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0331:TCTBCC>2.3.CO;2 | issn = 0091-7613 | year = 1998 | volume = 26 | pages = 331–334 | title = The Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary cocktail: Chicxulub impact triggers margin collapse and extensive sediment gravity flows |author = Bralower, Timothy J. | coauthors= Charles K. Paull; R. Mark Leckie| journal = Geology |url=http://www.geosc.psu.edu/people/faculty/personalpages/tbralower/Braloweretal1998.pdf |accessdate=2009-09-03 | bibcode=1998Geo....26..331B}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<319:IMWATK>2.0.CO;2 | issn = 0091-7613 | year = 2000 | volume = 28 | pages = 319–322 | title = Impact-induced mass wasting at the K-T boundary: Blake Nose, western North Atlantic | author = Klaus, Adam | journal = Geology|accessdate=2009-09-03 | last2 = Norris | first2 = Richard D. | last3 = Kroon | first3 = Dick | last4 = Smit | first4 = Jan | bibcode=2000Geo....28..319K}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0687:CLACST>2.0.CO;2 | issn = 0091-7613 | year = 2002 | volume = 30 | pages = 687–690 | title = Coastal landsliding and catastrophic sedimentation triggered by Cretaceous-Tertiary bolide impact: A Pacific margin example? | author = Busby, Cathy J. | coauthors= Grant Yip; Lars Blikra; Paul Renne |journal = Geology|accessdate=2009-09-03 | bibcode=2002Geo....30..687B}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0557:UESFTL>2.0.CO;2 | issn = 0091-7613 | year = 2003 | volume = 31 | pages = 557–560 | title = Uniquely extensive seismite from the latest Triassic of the United Kingdom: Evidence for bolide impact? | author = Simms, Michael J. | journal = Geology|accessdate=2009-09-03 | bibcode=2003Geo....31..557S}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author= Simkin, Tom |coauthors= Robert I. Tilling; Peter R. Vogt; Stephen H. Kirby; Paul Kimberly; David B. Stewart |title= This dynamic planet. World map of volcanoes, earthquakes, impact craters, and plate tectonics. Inset VI. Impacting extraterrestrials scar planetary surfaces|url=http://mineralsciences.si.edu/tdpmap/pdfs/impact.pdf |year=2006 |publisher= U.S. Geological Survey |accessdate=2009-09-03}}</ref>
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| |-
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| |22.88 or 32
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| |310 yottatons
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| |1.3×10<sup>39</sup> J
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| |Approximate magnitude of the [[Starquake (astrophysics)|starquake]] on the [[magnetar]] [[SGR 1806-20]], registered on December 27, 2004.{{Clarify|date=April 2013}}
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| |}
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| * Quakes using the more modern magnitude scales will denote their abbreviations: [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]] and [[Surface wave magnitude|<math>M_\text{s}</math>]]. Those that have no denoted prefix are [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{L}</math>]]. Please be advised that the magnitude "number" (example 7.0) displayed for those quakes on this table may represent a significantly greater or lesser release in energy than by the correctly given magnitude (example [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\text{w}</math>]]).
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| ==Magnitude empirical formulae==
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| These formulae are an alternative method to calculate Richter magnitude instead of using Richter correlation tables based on Richter standard seismic event (<math>M_\mathrm{L}</math>=0, A=0.001mm, D=100 km).
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| The Lillie empirical formula:
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| | |
| :<math>M_\mathrm{L} = \log_{10}A - 2.48+ 2.76\log_{10}\Delta</math>
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| Where:
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| * A is the amplitude (maximum ground displacement) of the P-wave, in micrometers, measured at 0.8 Hz.
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| * <math>\Delta</math> is the epicentral distance, in km.
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| For distance less than 200 km:
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| :<math>M_\mathrm{L} = \log_{10} A + 1.6\log_{10} D - 0.15</math>
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| For distance between 200 km and 600 km:
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| :<math>M_\mathrm{L} = \log_{10} A + 3.0\log_{10} D - 3.38</math>
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| where A is [[seismograph]] signal amplitude in mm, D distance in km.
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| The Bisztricsany (1958) empirical formula for epicentral distances between 4˚ to 160˚:
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|
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| :<math>M_\mathrm{L} = 2.92 + 2.25 \log_{10} (\tau) - 0.001 \Delta^{\circ} </math>
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| Where:
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| * <math>M_\mathrm{L}</math> is magnitude (mainly in the range of 5 to 8)
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| * <math>\tau</math> is the duration of the surface wave in seconds
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| * <math>\Delta</math> is the epicentral distance in degrees.
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| The Tsumura empirical formula:
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| :<math>M_\mathrm{L} = -2.53 + 2.85 \log_{10} (F-P) + 0.0014 \Delta^{\circ} </math>
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| Where:
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| * <math>M_\mathrm{L}</math> is the magnitude (mainly in the range of 3 to 5).
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| * <math>F-P</math> is the total duration of oscillation in seconds.
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| * <math>\Delta</math> is the epicentral distance in kilometers.
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| The Tsuboi, University of Tokio, empirical formula:
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| :<math>M_\mathrm{L} = \log_{10}A + 1.73\log_{10}\Delta - 0.83 </math>
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| Where:
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| * <math>M_\mathrm{L}</math> is the magnitude.
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| * <math>A</math> is the amplitude in um.
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| * <math>\Delta</math> is the epicentral distance in kilometers.
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| ==See also==
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| {{portal|Earthquakes}}
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| {{div col|colwidth=30em}}
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| * [[1935 in science]]
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| * [[Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale]]{{spaced ndash}} does the same thing as the Mercalli Scale, but in different numbers
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| * [[Largest earthquakes by magnitude]]
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| * [[Mercalli intensity scale]] - Measures the intensity of an earthquake
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| * [[Moment magnitude scale]]
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| * [[Order of magnitude]]
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| * [[Rohn Emergency Scale]] for measuring the magnitude (intensity) of any emergency
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| * [[Seismic scale]]
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| * [[Seismite]]
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| * [[Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945)]]
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| {{div col end}}
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist|30em}}
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| ==External links==
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| * [http://www.iris.edu/seismon/ IRIS Real-time Seismic Monitor of the Earth]
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| * [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/topics/mag_vs_int.php USGS: magnitude and intensity comparison]
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| * [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/aboutus/docs/020204mag_policy.php USGS: Earthquake Magnitude Policy]
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| * [http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/eqstats.html USGS: 2000–2006 Earthquakes worldwide]
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| * [http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eqlists/info_1990s.html USGS: 1990–1999 Earthquakes worldwide]
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| * [http://www.alaskarails.org/historical/earthquake/earthquake-richter.html Alaska Railroad Earthquake] with a table of yield-to-magnitude relations.
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| * [http://www.alabamaquake.com/energy.html Earthquake Energy Calculator] with seismic energy approximated in everyday equivalent measures.
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| {{Seismic scales}}
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Richter Magnitude Scale}}
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