Bonita Springs, Florida, gets 55 inches of rain per year. The US average is 39. Snowfall is 0 inches. The average US city gets 26 inches of snow per year. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 79.
Itâs used by seismologists, geologists and scientists. They use it to compare the size of earthquakes where the Richter scale is not so accurate.The Moment Magnitude Scale is more precise. Itâs not based on instrumental recordings of an earthquake.
The Richter and MMS scales measure the energy released by an earthquake; another scale, the Mercalli intensity scale, classifies earthquakes by their effects, from detectable by instruments but not noticeable, to catastrophic.