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 Intensity Scale differs from the Richter Magnitude Scale in that the effects of any one earthquake vary greatly from place to place, so there may be many Intensity values (e.g.: IV, VII) measured from one earthquake.