Magnitude 16
Magnitude 16 :
The magnitude is a way of measuring the size of an earthquake from measurements of shaking made on a seismograph. Magnitude scales are logarithmic, so a magnitude 6.0 earthquake releases about 32 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0, which in turn releases about 1000 times the energy of a magnitude 4.0. The first magnitude scale developed was the Richter or local magnitude scale. Other magnitude scales such as the surface wave, body wave, and moment magnitude scales determine the size of the earthquake using different methods. Commonly used magnitude measurements include ML, MS, mb and MW
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