The Richter scale was originally developed to measure the strength or magnitude of moderate earthquakes (magnitudes less than 7).
The surface wave magnitude scale was then developed by Richter and Guttenburg to allow larger earthquake magnitudes to be measured (up to 8).
To measure large earthquakes the moment magnitude scale must be used.
To measure the severity of earthquakes, the Modified Mercalli intensity scale is used in the US and the Macroseismic scale is used in Europe.
The moment magnitude scale is used by geophysicists / seismologists to measure the magnitude of large earthquakes. The Richter scale is still used to make an estimate of the magnitude of large earthquakes and to derive the magnitude of medium and small earthquakes (those with a magnitude less than 7).
The Marcalli scale measures the intensity of an earthquake according to the effect it has on the ground, buildings, people, and so on.
The obsolete scale is the Richter magnitude scale. This scale measures the distance that the ground moves during an earthquake.
The Richter scale which ranges from 1 minor to 10 which is huge.
Richter's scale.
The Richter Scale
Richter scale measures the magnitude of earthquakes.
Yes it does. The Richter Scale measures intensity for earthquakes!!
Richter scale measures the ground motion from an earthquakes to find the earthquakes strength. mercalli scale measures expresses intensity in roman numerals from I to XII and provides a description of the effects of each earthquake intensity.
Mercalli (which measures how many buildings are knocked down by the earthquake)
Yes, however it has been superseded by the Moment Magnitude Scale. Please see the related links.
It measures an Earthquakes intensity
The rIchter scale measures the damage level of an earthquake
Richter scale measures the magnitude of earthquakes.
Yes it does. The Richter Scale measures intensity for earthquakes!!
Measures the magnitude of earthquakes.:)
the Richter scale measures earthquakes...i learned that in science! we were learning about earthquakes. the moment magnitude scale also measures earthquakes but in a different way...that was a fun unit:D
Charles F. Richter and German-born seismologist Beno Gutenberg, developed the scale that bears his name the Richter scale. and measures the magnitude of earthquakes.
Richter scale
There are actually about 20 different ways of measuring earthquakes. The 3 main are the Mercalli scale, richter scale, and moment magnitude scale
The Richter scale measures the force of earthquakes mechanically. The Mercalli scale measures the damage caused by earthquakes. The location of the epicenter of an earthquake can result in a great variation in damage amounts.
The Richter scale measures the force of earthquakes mechanically. The Mercalli scale measures the damage caused by earthquakes. The location of the epicenter of an earthquake can result in a great variation in damage amounts.
That is impossible as the Richter scale is for measuring earthquakes.