Man Reads Earthquake From Home made Seismograph
One other tremor reported at a 5.2 strength (now updated to a 5.5 power) hit Victoria about 8.55 pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time) and some say it lasted for about 30-40 seconds.
You have probably heard of the Richter scale, a preferred unit for measuring the magnitude of an earthquake. It was invented by Charles F. Richter of the California Institute of Technology in 1935 and uses a logarithmic scale to measure seismic wave magnitude. As a result of the scale is logarithmic, a distinction of 1 unit represents a tenfold distinction within the magnitude of a seismic wave. For instance, an earthquake measured as 6.0 on the Richter scale is 10 occasions more intense than a 5.0 earthquake. A 7.zero earthquake is 100 instances extra intense than the 5.zero earthquake.
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