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.
Earthquakes: 1  The strength or force of an earthquake is measured on a Seismograph. 2  The scale used to describe this force is called the Richter Scale. This scale ranges from 1- 12. 3  People are still unable to predict when earthquakes will occur, but we can predict where the plates meet and could cause an earthquake.