Questions tagged [earthquake]
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Richter scale equation
According to Wikipedia, the equation for finding magnitude according to the Richter scale is $M_\mathrm{L} = \log_{10} A - \log_{10} A_0(\delta)$.
However, it is rather ambiguous as to the effect of ...
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Frequency of earthquakes
Are earthquakes getting less frequent across the centuries? I know that more seismic stations have register more earthquakes in the last century, but that doesn't imply there were more. I am ...
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Potential collapse during an earthquake? [closed]
I was asked to determine the shear forces on 12" diameter table legs supporting a few hundred pounds of static weight.
How does one calculate or determine the potential force on the legs and/or ...
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What made the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake?
The Ocean Drilling Program recently published results indicating that the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake produced a maximum co-seismic slip of more than 50 meters near the Japan Trench. This is the ...
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Energy conversions, on terrestrial scale, before and during a massive Earthquake
Ethan Siegel is an astrophysicist who is now making a living as science blogger.
There is a post titled: Where does an Earthquake's energy come from?
Ethan Siegel points out that massive earthquake ...
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How to convert Richter magnitude scale to approximate TNT?
I know the Richter magnitude scale is often used for measuring the strength of earthquakes. At the same time, explosive/destructive releases of energy are often quoted in equivalent amounts of TNT. Is ...
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How does one explain this pattern generated by earthquake waving driving a pendulum?
How to explain this pattern generated by earthquake wave driving a pendulum? Specially, there are three groups of curves that look categorically different:
1) The group of curves outside the olive-...
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Plate tectonics and water
In a couple of places already i've read the following assertion:
It is believed that plate tectonics might play an important part in
maintaining the presence of water on a planet's surface
one ...
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Jerk Magnitudes and Earthquakes
Destruction from earthquakes depends on many factors, including magnitude, occurrence depth and closeness to epicenter. One measure that may relate destructive force for buildings and infrastructure ...
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Upper limit on the earthquake magnitude
From the Gutenberg-Richter law we know that the frequency of an earthquake is a power law, so virtually any magnitude is possible on earthquake event. But the earth has a finite size so there must be ...
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