Which of the following is not used to rate an earthquake on the Richter scale?
(a) The amount of fault slippage that occurred
(b) The size of the subsurface or surface area that ruptured
(c) The amount of death and destruction that occurred
(d) The nature of the ground materials affected by the quake
Answer: (c) The amount of death and destruction that occurred
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