Why do scientists prefer the moment magnitude scale to the richter scale?

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Mfrackowiak · Answer 1 · 2018-12-11T13:56:34+0000

The moment magnitude scale tells them earthquakes overall energy where as the rictor scale only tells them its number on rictor scale. This data is not usefull unless every earthquake is mesured with the rictor scale.

Why do scientists prefer the moment magnitude scale to the richter scale?

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