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    Explain Why Moment Magnitude Is Preferred by Most Seismologists to Calculate
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Explain Why Moment Magnitude Is Preferred by Most Seismologists to Calculate

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Explain why moment magnitude is preferred by most seismologists to calculate the energy released in an earthquake as compared to Richter scale.

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