How do I find the richter magnitude of a recorded earthquake?

Subject: How do I find the richter magnitude of a recorded earthquake?

Date: Sat Feb 23 09:16:54 2008
Posted by Mike
Grade level: 10-12 School: reisterstown high school
City: reisterstown State/Province: md Country: 21136
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 1203783414.Es

Message:


For my science fair project, I simulated a compression earthquake and I want 
to be able to determine what magnitude the earthquake was on a standard scale -
- the richter scale

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