Which of the Following Is Not Used to Rate an Earthquake

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not used to rate an earthquake on the moment magnitude 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
• E)extreme ground acceleration

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