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.
No, not quite. There are two ways in which scientists quantify the size of earthquakes: magnitude and intensity. You have probably heard of the Richter scale which is still used for small earthquakes, but most large earthquakes are now commonly reported using the moment magnitude scale (see below) .