Hi Larry,

I spoke too soon!!!  You were correct.  The formula you gave is an 
alternative to the more complex one for mb using a table.

I've posted the table and Ray Buland's FORTRAN code, which is used by NEIC 
to compute mb.  See:
http://jclahr.com/science/software/mb/

Looking at:  http://www.eas.purdue.edu/~braile/edumod/as1mag/as1mag3.pdf

I see that, given:
A is amplitude in microns
D is distance in degrees
T is period in seconds

Larry Braile gives this formula for MS:
MS = log10(A/T) + 1.66*log10(D) + 3.3

and this formula for mb:
mb = log10(A/T) + 0.01*D + 5.9

Cheers,
John




At 07:39 PM 3/29/2005, you wrote:
>Stephen,
>
>WinQuake uses the following formula to calculate mb magnitude
>
>mb = log10(A/T) + 0.01*D + 5.9
>
>A = Peak P wave displacement amplitude in micrometers, T = Period of the 
>displacement amplitude and D = Distance in degrees
>
>See http://www.eas.purdue.edu/~braile/edumod/as1mag/as1mag3.pdf for more 
>information.
>
>Regards,
>Larry Cochrane
>Redwood City, PSN
>
>Stephen & Kathy wrote:
>>mornin,    I've been trying to find a table or chart or formula which 
>>will yield the Q(Delta,h), distance and depth values which I can use to 
>>plug into the Mb magnitude formula!!   Thanks in advance for any help in 
>>finding it!!!
>>    Stephen
>>    PSN Station #55
>>    near Pilot Hill Ca. USA
>>    38.828N  120.979W
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