moment magnitude scale

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moment magnitude scale - a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 (a successor to the Richter scale) that enables seismologists to compare the energy released by different earthquakes on the basis of the area of the geological fault that ruptured in the quakegeology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocksgraduated table, ordered series, scale, scale of measurement - an ordered reference standard; "judging on a scale of 1 to 10"

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moment magnitude scale

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noun a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 (a successor to the Richter scale) that enables seismologists to compare the energy released by different earthquakes on the basis of the area of the geological fault that ruptured in the quake

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geology
graduated table
ordered series
scale
scale of measurement

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