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What is the rating on the Richter scale of the hurricane in Haiti?
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.
What is the highest measurement on the Richter scale?
There is no absolute top to the Richter scale, although the largest earthquake ever recorded by mankind was the Valdivia earthquake in Chile that was the equivalent of 9.5 on the Richter scale in 1960. While no earthquake any stronger has ever been recorded, the impact that caused the Chicxulub crater in the Yucatan Peninsula about 65 million years ago has been calculated to have been the equivalent of about 13.0 on the Richter scale.
What was magitude and where was the most severe earthquake on the United States main land?
In the continental United States the biggest earthquake was the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. It was magnitude 8.0 on the Richter Scale. The largest earthquake to hit any part of the USA was the 1964 Alaska earthquake measuring mag 9.2.
Where was last hit by an earthquake in india. what was there cause?
Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 at India-Nepal border on 4 Apr 2011 Tremors felt. An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale and with an epicentre in Nepal shook parts of north India, including capital Delhi, Ghaziabad, and Noida also.
When did the second earthquake hit Haiti?
The secound Haiti earthquake, regeristing at 6.1 on the scale, occured on January 20, 2010.
What was the mercali scale when the kamchatka earthquake hit in 1952?
2.1
What is the measurement on the Richter scale for the earthquake that hit Japan in 1923?
4.3
What was the Richter scale reading when the earthquake hit Valdivia Chile?
It was recorded to be magnitude 9.5 on the Richter scale and if you wanted to know it was considered 'CATASTROPHIC' (XII) on the Mercalli scale which measures the intensity of the earthquake
Can you give me a sentence with the phrase Richter scale?
The May 2015 earthquake that hit Nepal registered 7.8 on the Richter scale.Two weeks later, a 7.3 Richter scale earthquake hit very close to Mount Everest.The Richter scale is a standardized method to measure and report the force of seismic waves that earthquakes produce.
What is the magnitude of the earthquake that hit Chile during 2010?
8.8 on the Richter scale
What is the largest magnitude earthquake to hit NZ?
The 1855 Wairarapa earthquake; it occurred on 23 January and registered 8.2 on the Richter scale.
How big was the 2010 mt barker earthquake?
Mount Barker was hit by an earthquake on the 16TH of April 2010, at 11.27pm, the earthquake registered 3.8 on the Richter scale.
How bad was the earthquake that hit Japan in 2011?
At first they estimated it as an 8.9 on the Richter scale, but later was revised as a 9.0.
What is the rating on the Richter scale of the hurricane in Haiti?
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.
What happened on January 17th 1995?
The biggest Earthquake to hit Japan in 47 years hit Kobe.It measured 7.2 on the Richter magnitude scale.
What is the scale to measure earthquake?
Seismometers are used to measure earthquakes waves, this help show the different arrival time between waves. A Richter Scale is used to measure earthquakes strengh, each number is 31 times more powerful than the last. There is no official set number, but no earthquake has hit 10 on the scale.
What was the estimate cost in the Kashmir earthquake?
The Kashmir Earthquake is 7.2 on the Richter Scale
