Earthquake Magnitude Scales

magnitude Magnitude measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake Magnitude is determined from measurements on seismographs Intensity measures the

magnitude apparent magnitude • magnitude • brightness • brilliance • radiance • luminosity apparent magnitudenoun In the sense of magnitude magnitude The Richter scale is a base-10 logarithmic scale, meaning that each order of magnitude is 10 times more intensive than the last one In other words, a two is 10