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...this, the last column of the fall term, it is VERY tempting to try and slip something by The Crimson's self-censoring process and into the daily paper...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: A Desultory Philippic | 1/26/1994 | See Source »

...slip varies in places along the fault, and so the average of the slip is used in computing the "moment...

Author: By Julie H. Park, | Title: `Moment' a Better Measurement Than Richter Scale, Experts Say | 1/24/1994 | See Source »

...place along the fault where the slip is not zero is considered a ruptured area...

Author: By Julie H. Park, | Title: `Moment' a Better Measurement Than Richter Scale, Experts Say | 1/24/1994 | See Source »

...offset of the fault is called the slip. In a medium-sized earthquake measuring six on the Richter scale, the average slip would be about half a meter...

Author: By Julie H. Park, | Title: `Moment' a Better Measurement Than Richter Scale, Experts Say | 1/24/1994 | See Source »

...ruptured area of a magnitude six quake is 10 kilometers by 10 kilometers. The ruptured area of a magnitude three quake is 10 meters by 10 meters. The same is true for the average slip value...

Author: By Julie H. Park, | Title: `Moment' a Better Measurement Than Richter Scale, Experts Say | 1/24/1994 | See Source »

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