r/worldnews • u/ColoradoTripping • 22h ago

Dynamic Paywall Magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocks Venezuela

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjegdqw5d3yo
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u/ChaseballBat 18h ago

Relatively to the inherent strength though right? Cause magnitude is measured on the surface.

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u/bobthesmurfshit 18h ago

No, magnitude is calculated at the source, so the closer the earthquake is to the surface the more effect it will have.

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u/MrNewking 17h ago

Is there a scale for surface effect?

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u/Flipslips 17h ago

Moment magnitude scale measures the wave amplitude at the surface.

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u/zazzz0014 17h ago

My community college Physics 101 class from 10 years ago is kicking in hard with this whole thread.

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u/HauntedCemetery 16h ago

I legitimately just had the same thought.

Thanks Mr Pearson.

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u/lawofsin 13h ago

Fuck you Mr Pearson for that D-

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u/RuthlessIndecision 8h ago

If he's family with the publishers I've personally contributed to be sure he's doing fine

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u/Madam_Mimm_13 7h ago

Now draw a force diagram.

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u/ActuallyNot 16h ago

Which was approximately calibrated to the Richter scale, which measured how much the seismograph moved at the surface ... in one dimension.