The moment magnitude scale is a way to measure the power of earthquakes. It is the energy of the earthquake at the moment it happens. Like the similar and older Richter scale, it is logarithmic, with a base of ten. This means that an earthquake with a magnitude of 2 is ten times stronger than an earthquake with a magnitude of 1.= = = Basic English = = =
ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY m oʊ m ə n t WORD_BOUNDARY m æ ɡ n ɪ t uː d WORD_BOUNDARY s k eɪ l WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY w eɪ WORD_BOUNDARY t ə WORD_BOUNDARY m ɛ ʒ ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY p aʊ ə ɹ ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY ɜː θ k w eɪ k s WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ t WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY ð ɪ WORD_BOUNDARY ɛ n ə ɹ d̠ʒ i WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v ð ɪ WORD_BOUNDARY ɜː θ k w eɪ k WORD_BOUNDARY æ t WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY m oʊ m ə n t WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ t WORD_BOUNDARY h æ p ə n z WORD_BOUNDARY l aɪ k WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY s ɪ m ɪ l ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY æ n d WORD_BOUNDARY oʊ l d ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ɹ ɪ k t ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY s k eɪ l WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ t WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY l ɑ ɡ ə ɹ ɹ ɪ θ m ɪ k WORD_BOUNDARY w ɪ ð WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY b eɪ s WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY t ɛ n WORD_BOUNDARY ð ɪ s WORD_BOUNDARY m iː n z WORD_BOUNDARY ð æ t WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY ɜː θ k w eɪ k WORD_BOUNDARY w ɪ ð WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY m æ ɡ n ɪ t uː d WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY t uː WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ z WORD_BOUNDARY t ɛ n WORD_BOUNDARY t aɪ m z WORD_BOUNDARY s t ɹ ɔ ŋ ɡ ə ɹ WORD_BOUNDARY ð æ n ə n WORD_BOUNDARY ɜː θ k w eɪ k WORD_BOUNDARY w ɪ ð WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ WORD_BOUNDARY m æ ɡ n ɪ t uː d WORD_BOUNDARY ʌ v WORD_BOUNDARY w ʌ n WORD_BOUNDARY iː k w ə l z WORD_BOUNDARY iː k w ə l z WORD_BOUNDARY iː k w ə l z WORD_BOUNDARY b eɪ s ɪ k WORD_BOUNDARY ɪ ŋ ɡ l ɪ ʃ WORD_BOUNDARY iː k w ə l z WORD_BOUNDARY iː k w ə l z WORD_BOUNDARY iː k w ə l z WORD_BOUNDARY