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Section 11: How big was that earthquake?
(All about
magnitudes)
Scientists
use a variety
of methods
to describe how big an earthquake was. Kids will
not
only learn
about magnitudes, but they will even be able to
determine the magnitude of an earthquake from a real
seismogram!