Compare and contrast an earthquake's magnitude and intensity

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Intensity is a measure of ground shaking based on property damage. Magnitude is a quantitative measurement that estimates the amount of energy released at the source of the earthquake.

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

You might also like to view...

Bodies of till shaped into streamlined hills are called ________.

A. kettles B. kames C. drumlins D. eskers E. moraines

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

The latter part of the Mississippian Period is characterized by widespread _______ deposition. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

The basis for defining the length of a day is the fact that

A) Earth rotates on its axis in 24 hours; i.e., it rotates 15° of longitude per hour. B) Earth does not rotate; rather, it revolves. C) Earth rotates east to west. D) Earth moves through 365.25 days a year in its orbit about the Sun.

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

Effects of ice ages are confined to regions directly covered by ice; global climate is unaffected and areas away from the glaciers preserve their usual temperature and moisture patterns.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences