2023-11-20 09:44:54
The Moroccan Earthquake and the Richter scale
The Moroccan Earthquake and the Richter scale
Friday evening, September 8th, a powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Morocco southwest of Marrakech.
What does a 6.8 magnitude earthquake mean? How powerful was that? What is a seismometer and a seismograph? What is the amplitude of a seismograph reading? Why did the quake happen in Morocco?
Use our Richter scale activity to introduce your students to logarithmic Richter magnitudes.
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