Hurricanes are not rated on the Richter scale; earthquakes are. Hurricane Isaac was rated a category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
In places the storm surge of Hurricane Katrina reached a height of 28 feet.
Hurricane Sandy was not rated on the Richter scale. That scale is for earthquakes, not hurricanes. Hurricane Sandy was a category 3 in the Saffir-Simpson scale, but had weakened to a category 1 by the time it reached the United States..
Hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane when it made landfall in the United States on August 29, 2005. The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is used to categorize hurricanes based on their sustained wind speeds, not the Richter scale which measures earthquake magnitudes.
It reach up to Magnitude 8.8 and is really devastating because of the position of the epicenter
Hurricane Andrew, which struck in 1992, caused approximately $27 billion in damages in the United States. It was one of the costliest hurricanes to ever hit the country, causing widespread destruction in Florida and Louisiana.
A seismometer is a device that measures movements underground, detecting and recording vibrations caused by earthquakes. The Richter scale is a numerical scale used to quantify the energy released by an earthquake, with each point increase representing a tenfold increase in magnitude.
The Richter scale
My rebuilt engine is about 7.5 on the Richter scale! Yesterday's earthquake read 3.2 on the Richter scale. The Richter scale was developed in the 1930s.
Richter scale
4-5 on the Richter scale.
It reached 7.0 on the richter scale
The Richter scale is used to rate earthquakes, not hurricanes. The earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010 was a 7.0. Haiti has been hit by many hurricanes. We would need to know which one in order to give the rating.