Earthquake felt in southern Arizona - ExBulletin
4.6 magnitude earthquake felt in southern Arizona, reaching as far north as Quartzsite. USGS encourages reporting to track effects.
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4.6 magnitude earthquake felt in southern Arizona, reaching as far north as Quartzsite. USGS encourages reporting to track effects.
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Ever wonder about how we measure the power of earthquakes? Welcome to this insightful journey into exploring the Richter Magnitude Scale! We might as well call it "A Tiny Guide for Non-Geophysicists". Ready, set, let's dive in!
The Richter scale, named after its inventor Charles F. Richter in 1935, is a logarithmically based tool used primarily to calculate earthquake intensities. Remember your math class where you first heard about logarithms? Yes, they got real-life application right here!
But hey! Why so much ado over such tiny earth shivers? Well that’s exactly what we going to find out.
You may have seen headlines like 'An earthquake of magnitude 7 hits Japan.' That's the kind of news content that almost invariably employs our dear friend Mr. Richter and his awesome scale. But can't help but wonder – why use a logarithmic formula?
Haha! I’m glad you asked. In essence, a one-point change in magnitude actually translates into tenfold quaking amplitude alterations and roughly thirty times energy release modifications! Imagine comparing an annoying ant bite with terrifying encounter with jaws...the shark!! Such difference huh?! Exactly my point.
Apart from straight application for measuring quake magnitudes globally via seismic readings (well bless those shiny seismometers!), there’s more subtly knitted storylines under this topic which encompass areas like theoretical implications concerning tectonic forces behaviours or engaging studies correlating human activities impact on global seismicity rates (Ahem.. ever heard of hydraulic fracturing?). Intriguing isn’t it?