What is the name of the scale used by seismologists to measure the energy released by an earthquake, which replaced the Richter scale for large quakes?

When the ground shakes, scientists need a reliable way to compare events from a minor tremor in Surrey to a massive rupture in the Pacific. The Richter scale, devised in 1935, is now considered outdated for bigger earthquakes.

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