Intensity like signal strength will generally fall off with distance from the source, although it also depends on the local conditions and the pathway from the source to the point.
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Refining is inevitable in science when you have made measurements of a phenomenon for a long period of time.Charles Francis Richter
So we tried to keep the interpretation of the 'size of the earthquake' as closely tied to the actual instrument observations involved as possible.
Charles Francis Richter
Incidentally, the usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in extending the scale to apply to earthquakes in all parts of the world.
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Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field.
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These are usually described in the form of a design earthquake with a time history of the motion and shaking characteristics that are expected.
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I repeatedly have to correct this belief. In a sense, magnitude involves steps of 10 because every increase of one magnitude represents a tenfold amplification of the ground motion. But there is no 'scale of 10' in the sense of an upper limit.
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