Asked by yart man @someone.named.jovan

Which statement describes the Richter scale?

It cannot account for fault movement during an earthquake.
It measures large earthquakes far from the seismograph.
It estimates the total energy released from an earthquake.
It measures magnitude based on the size of seismic waves.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"It measures magnitude based on the size of seismic waves."

Explanation: The Richter (local) magnitude is calculated from the logarithm of the maximum amplitude of seismic waves on a seismograph (with a distance correction). It tends to saturate for very large or distant quakes, so moment magnitude is used to estimate total energy release.