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Meanings of moment magnitude scale in English

Russian
магнитуда землетрясения
Portuguese
escala de magnitude de momento
Spanish
escala sismológica de magnitud de momento
Catalan
magnitud de moment

Measure of earthquake size, in terms of the energy released.

        магнитуда землетрясения
        Usage of moment magnitude scale in English
        1
        Its rankings are similar to the Richter or the moment magnitude scale for earthquakes.
        Reuters
        2
        That gets us the aptly named moment magnitude scale, which supplanted the Richter scale in popular use in the 1970s.
        Wired