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noun • a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 formerly used to express the magnitude of an earthquake on the basis of the size of seismograph oscillations | ||||||||
| 45% | 9 | Scale used to measure the severity of an earthquake | ||||||
noun • the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) • a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10 • relative importance | ||||||||
| 32% | 9 | The size or magnitude of an earthquake | ||||||
noun • (physics) the maximum displacement of a periodic wave • the property of copious abundance • greatness of magnitude | ||||||||
Measure Of Earthquake Magnitude Crossword Clue
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RICHTERSCALE which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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RICHTERSCALE
Updated: October 13, 2023
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