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Published 1956 | Published
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Magnitude and Energy of Earthquakes

Abstract

This paper is in continuation of previous investigations (Gutenberg and Richter, Paper I, 1942; Paper II, 1956). The earthquake magnitude has statistical and other uses independent of the relation between magnitude and energy. Indeed, it is possible that there is no complete one-to-one correlation between magnitude and energy for large and complex tectonic events. Even so, a mean or representative relation is a legitimate object of inquiry.

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© 1956 Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

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