Earthquakes Lesson 4

seismograph

magnitude

Richter Scale

registers

immmense

Seismographs

Seismographic stations

Richter Scale

Mercalli Intensity Scale

It measures the magnitude, amount of energy, an earthquake releases and gives it a number.

It uses observations of the earthquake damage to rate it.

It records data that arrival of earthquake waves, their magnitude, and location.

It measures the magnitude, amount of energy, an earthquake releases and gives it a number.

It uses observations of the earthquake damage to rate it.

It records data that arrival of earthquake waves, their magnitude, and location.

It measures the magnitude, amount of energy, an earthquake releases and gives it a number.

It uses observations of the earthquake damage to rate it.

It records data that arrival of earthquake waves, their magnitude, and location.

The seismograph records data about the arrival, size and location of earthquakes, but the two scales assign numbers to earthquakes to compare size and damage to other earthquakes.

The two scales record data about the arrival, size and location of earthquakes, but the seismograph assigns numbers to earthquakes to compare size and damage to other earthquakes.