Saturday, July 2, 2011

Earthquakes Logarithms


This is how we get earthquake . There are two wave,first is compassional waves(called P-waves),second is shear waves(called S-waves)



The formula originally used by Richter  is:
M_L=\log_{10}(Amplitude)+(Distance Correction Factor)
M_L=\log_{10}(Amplitude)+3\log_{10}(8\Delta t)-2.92
(Where \Delta t is the S-P time interval.)
However,these formules are not 100 percent accurate ,It depends on different areas and stations.This is just a estimation based on varying data.

Nowadays,the earthquake is happening more and more frquently.Although human created some formulas to estimate it ,natural power is infinite.Do not destroy our earth any more! 

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