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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
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        Examples for "mms"
        Examples for "mms"
        1
        The region has only had 65mms of rain for the whole year.
        Radio NZ
        2
        Marlborough's had 35mms of rain which our contact describes as fantastic.
        Radio NZ
        3
        I had tried to figure out a way to carry one of my 9mms, but there was no way.
        The Laughing Corpse
        4
        Cork Airport recorded 211mms of rain during the month, its wettest December since 1989.
        The Irish Times
        5
        The course got 14mms of rain yesterday but the threat of further overnight rain has resulted in an inspection being called.
        The Irish Times
        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