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14-06-2016
Geography

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The rating system that estimates the total energy released by an earthquake is called the

ARichter scale.
Bmoment magnitude scale.
Cmechanical seismograph scale.
DMercalli scale

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17-08-2017

The correct answer here is option B. ie "The moment of magnitude scale".
Generally people are familiar with hearing mention of the Richter Scale, but that is actually a measure of the amplitude of the seismic waves and not the total energy released.

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09-05-2020

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The answer is B.

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