______ is used to measure the magnitude of the earthquakes.

Time scale

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Wooden scale

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Distance scale

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Richter scale

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The correct option is D Richter scale
An earthquake is a sudden shaking of the earth as a result of the movements of lithospheric plates. Richter scale is used to measure the magnitude of the earthquakes. The Richter scale has numbers from 1 to 10. Each of these numbers signify the magnitude of an earthquake.

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Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding various scales used for measuring the earthquake?

1. Richter scale measures magnitude of earthquake whereas Mercalli scale is used to measure the intensity of earthquake.

2. Magnitude of earthquake depends on the destruction caused by earthquake.

3. Richter scale is a logarithmic scale.

Choose among the options given below:

___ scale is used to quantify the magnitude of an earthquake.

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