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Definitions for "Seismic moment"
Keywords:  earthquake, moment, fault, rupture, slip
Related Terms: Richter scale, Richter magnitude scale, Seismometer, Epicenter, Seismic gap, Seismicity, Seismic, Earthquake, Seismograph, Tectonic, Seismic wave, Microseism, Isostasy, Mercalli scale, Geophone, Seismogram, Plate tectonics, Hypocenter, Body wave, Nappe, Thrust , Seismic waves, Seismologist, Faulting, Fault, Asthenosphere, Seismology, Thrust fault, Plate, Gravimeter, Tectonic plate, Active fault, Epicentre, Benioff zone, Surface waves, Tectonic plates, Uplift, Transform fault, Plates, P-wave, Convergent plate boundary, Seismic survey, Subduction, Isostatic rebound, Moho , Surface wave, Modified mercalli intensity scale, Oceanic crust, Mohorovicic discontinuity
See Moment (of earthquakes).
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a numerical means of measuring an earthquake's total energy release. It is calculated by measuring the total length of fault rupture and then factoring in the depth of rupture, total slip along the rupture, and the strength of the faulted rocks.
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a parameter related to the angular leverage of the forces that produce slip on a fault; determined from the seismic waves and field measurements that describe the fault area.
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