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SCEC Education Module: The Richter Scale

This is an online activity in which students learn how to determine Richter magnitudes. The online Richter-magnitude calculator uses frames and layers to allow the user to make determinations of the Richter magnitudes of Southern California earthquakes from seismograms. If your browser supports neither frames nor layers, you will not be able to use this calculator, but there is an alternate page with a printable seismogram and nomograph...

Keywords:: stem education, workforce development, technician training, advanced technological education

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Science and Technology / Geoscience / Geology

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Material Type:: Reference Material
Date Added to MERLOT:: August 3, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: August 2, 2021
Author:: Southern California Earthquake Center
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:: Website
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: No
Creative Commons:: No

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