What Do Earthquake Magnitudes Mean? [Giz Explains]

Whenever there's an earthquake you'll hear all over the media that it's "(blank number) on the Richter Scale." Surprise, the Richter Scale was abandoned years ago because it was inaccurate. Today we use the moment magnitude scale, or the MMS. More »

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