An Earthquake with a High Rating on the Moment Magnitude

question 68

True/False

An earthquake with a high rating on the moment magnitude scale can receive a low rating on the Mercalli scale.

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Primary Storage

Memory that is directly accessible by the CPU of a computer, such as RAM, used for storing data temporarily during processing.

Volatile

Referring to a type of memory that requires power to maintain the stored information; it loses its data when the system is turned off.

Hardware

The physical components of a computer system, such as the central processing unit (CPU), memory, and input/output devices.

Hardware

The physical components of a computer system, such as the CPU, RAM, hard drives, and so on.