Geology & Earth Science

Gutenberg–Richter Law

log₁₀ N = a − b·M (a=5, b=1)

Earthquakes obey a strict scaling: each whole step up in magnitude means roughly ten times fewer events, so the thousands of tiny tremors a year taper down to the once-in-a-lifetime great quake at the tail.

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