What natural disaster's magnitude was originally measured by the Richter scale?
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Earthquakes
The Richter scale is logarithmic, meaning each whole number increase represents a tenfold increase in measured amplitude and about 32 times more energy release. While it was the standard for decades, modern seismologists now more commonly use the Moment Magnitude Scale for larger quakes.
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