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Noun Concept
Categories: M w., Geophysics, Logarithmic scales of measurement, M ww, M b
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moment magnitude scale  Hanks-Kanamori scale  Hanks–Kanamori scale  MMS  moment magnitude
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A logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 (a successor to the Richter scale) that enables seismologists to compare the energy released by different earthquakes on the basis of the area of the geological fault that ruptured in the quake WordNet 3.0
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A logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 (a successor to the Richter scale) that enables seismologists to compare the energy released by different earthquakes on the basis of the area of the geological fault that ruptured in the quake WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The moment magnitude scale is a measure of an earthquake's magnitude based on its seismic moment. Wikipedia
A measure of earthquake size Wikipedia Disambiguation
Measure of earthquake size, in terms of the energy released Wikidata
IS A
scale
logarithmic scale
magnitude
HAS INSTANCE
Richter scale
CATEGORY DOMAIN
geology
FACET OF
earthquake
HAS QUALITY
logarithmic scale
SAID TO BE THE SAME AS
magnitude
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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moment magnitude scale
Wikipedia
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moment magnitude scale
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moment magnitude scale
Wikipedia Redirections
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Hanks-Kanamori scale, Hanks–Kanamori scale, moment magnitude, Moment Magnitude Scale, Thomac Hanks
Wikidata Alias
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MMS

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