Yes, you do however you can also measure it by deaths and casualties.
The Richter scale is a measure of the intensity of earthquakes. It does not indicate how large a tsunami will be.
No. The Richter Scale rates the intensity of earthquakes. There is not intensity scale for tsunamis.
The Richter scale
The scale for a Tsunami is a Richter Scale. The Richter Scale is a scale that measures earthquakes, and Tsunamis are normally made by earthquakes. But be careful, because Tsunamis are normally formed by 6.5's or greater on the Richter Scale. -I hope I helped Actually, the Richter Scale is invalid, and we do not use it any more. The scale we use today is the MMS, or Moment Magnitude Scale. In the MMS, every point up the scale (Which goes from 1-10), multiplies it's magnitude by 30.
The Richter scale was created solely for the purpose of measuring earthquakes, not tsunamis.
Richter scale
Richter scale is used to measure earthquakes magnitude Shake intensity is measured on the Mercalli scale
You can measure earthquakes on the Moment magnitude scale or the Richter scale
The scale used to measure the strength of an earthquake is called the Richter scale
The Richter Scale is used to measure the intensity of earthquakes.
Charles Richter
The Richter scale and Magnitude