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The 15 pages that link to Earthquake magnitude, each with the reason it gives.

• Seismic hazardCompared with: Magnitude characterizes an earthquake source, not the probability or ground motion at a specific site.

• Earthquake early warning systemRelated: Magnitude estimates characterize the source, but do not alone specify local shaking.

• Moment magnitude scaleNarrower topic: Moment magnitude is one scale within the broader family of earthquake magnitude measures.

• Seismic momentNarrower topic: Seismic moment supplied a physical foundation for comparing earthquake magnitudes.

• 2010 Haiti earthquakeRelated: Magnitude 7.0 describes the event’s size, not the severity of local damage or human loss.

• Earthquake intensityCompared with: Magnitude characterizes the source; intensity describes shaking and effects at a specific place.

• 1755 Lisbon earthquakeRelated: The event’s magnitude must be inferred rather than read from instruments.

• 1999 İzmit earthquakeRelated: Magnitude 7.6 summarizes the scale of the İzmit rupture.

• Modified Mercalli intensity scaleNarrower topic: The scale describes local effects, one of the key distinctions from source magnitude.

• Gutenberg–Richter lawRelated: Magnitude is the size variable whose frequency decline the law quantifies.

• Great Hanshin earthquakeNarrower topic: Hanshin shows why magnitude does not by itself predict casualties or structural damage.

• Richter scaleNarrower topic: Richter scale is one method for assigning earthquake magnitude.

• 1920 Haiyuan earthquakeNarrower topic: Magnitude 7.8 conveys the event’s enormous released energy, but not its human toll.

• Charles RichterNarrower topic: Richter helped establish magnitude as a quantitative way to compare earthquake sources.

• Seismic intensity scalesCompared with: Magnitude describes the earthquake’s size, while intensity varies from place to place.