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Earthquakes: Shaking Things Up
The magnitude (M) of an earthquake depends on its "seismic moment" (M₀)
M₀: measures the work that results in displacement or distortion of the earth's crust
M₀: is calculated from the amplitude spectra of seismic waves via seismometerspic.twitter.com/miMzsJHhjj
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Why 16.05?
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it's derived from another arbitrary constant that i but in base 10 to make it look prettier. The reason why that constant was added to obtain consistency with the magnitude values produced by earlier scales, such as the Local Magnitude and the Surface Wave magnitude.
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Why not 2/3 log M_0 minus a constant? Prettier that way.
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I made it this way because I thought it was prettier
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In addition to your previuos remark, with these (seismic) laws you are doing the right things but maybe not always in the right way. There is a difference of doing things right and doing the right things ;-)
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Have a look at this California Earthquakes map made by Nasahttps://www.npr.org/2019/07/12/741084295/rippling-rainbow-map-shows-how-california-earthquakes-moved-the-earth?utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social …
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