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The Richter scale is a measure of the intensity of earthquakes. It does not indicate how large a tsunami will be.

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Have tsunamis scale of Richter?

No. The Richter Scale rates the intensity of earthquakes. There is not intensity scale for tsunamis.


How many measurements of Richter scale of tsunami?

The Richter scale was created solely for the purpose of measuring earthquakes, not tsunamis.


Is there a scale for the severity of the tsunami?

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.


Do you measure tsunamis and earthquakes on the Richter scale?

Yes, you do however you can also measure it by deaths and casualties.


What was the Richter scale of 2004 tsunami?

The 2004 tsunami was not measured on the Richter scale because tsunamis are caused by underwater disturbances, usually earthquakes, landslides, or volcanic eruptions. The earthquake that triggered the 2004 tsunami had a magnitude of 9.1-9.3 on the moment magnitude scale, not the Richter scale.


Do you measure earthquakes with Richter scale or the Mercalli scale?

The Richter scale


How do you use Richter Scale in a sentence?

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.


What is a numerical scale used to express the strength of an earthquake?

Richter scale


The Pompeii earthquake on the Richter scale?

4-5 on the Richter scale.


What is the Richter scale of the earthquake in Haiti?

It reached 7.0 on the richter scale


What is the Rictor scale?

I believe you meant the Richter scale. It is a scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes based on the amplitude of seismic waves. The Richter scale is logarithmic, meaning each whole number increase represents a tenfold increase in amplitude and approximately 31.6 times more energy released.


What is the Richter scales limit?

The scale of Richter scale is 10. It calculates the earthquake on a scale of 10.