Fill in the blank to complete each statement about measuring an earthquake’s magnitude.

Question

The
scale is best used to measure the strength of small, nearby earthquakes.

The
magnitude scale is useful for measuring the strength of earthquakes of all sizes and at all distances from a seismograph.

Answer 1

The Richter scale is best used to measure the strength of small, nearby earthquakes.

The moment magnitude scale is useful for measuring the strength of earthquakes of all sizes and at all distances from a seismograph.