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How big does a quake on the ricter scale have to be to trigger a tsunami?
A big quake on the ricter scale should be more than 8.2 to trigger a tsunami.
What Richter scale was the haiti earthquake?
The Haiti earthquake was measued at a magnitude of seven on the ricter scale.
What was Chile earthquake magnitude in 2010?
8.8 on the Richter Scale.
What did the Shaanxi Earthquake register on the Richter Scale?
8-8.3 on the ricter sclae eg magnitude by |!L0N3 W0LF!|
What is the strength of Mt.Kilauea on the Ricter scale?
Mount Kilauea on Hawaii is a volcano.The Richter scale is measurement of an earthquake strength.Thus you can not put Mt. Kilauea on the Richter scale - they are not the same thing!However when volcanoes erupt they do produce localearthquakes which you can measure on the Richter scale but to choose which one you want to know about you have to provide a date for the eruption event.Mt. Kilauea is (March - April 2008) currently undergoing some small explosive eruptions that have produced very smallearthquakes, some ash and allot of SO2 gas.
How big does a quake on the ricter scale have to be to trigger a tsunami?
A big quake on the ricter scale should be more than 8.2 to trigger a tsunami.
How are the scales of an earthquake measured?
ricter scale
How long did the 1939 Chile earhquake last?
3 minutes
How do scientists monitor the shaking caused by an earthquake?
a ricter scale
How do you spell ricter?
If you are referring to the magnitude scale, it is spelt "Richter".
What Richter scale was the haiti earthquake?
The Haiti earthquake was measued at a magnitude of seven on the ricter scale.
How much more on the ricter scale is 4.0 than 1.0?
1000 times more
What is the amount of damage caused by an earthquake is called?
The size of an earthquake is measured on the Ricter scale it can also be measured on the Mercalli scale.For an example the 2008 earthquake in China was 7.8 on the Rictor scale and in was XI on the Mercalli scale
Places with disaster for the past 5 years?
NewOrleans, (hurricane), Haiti, (earthquake),Japan (earthquake)Srilanka(tsunami), Turkey (earhquake), Chile (earthquake)
If you have a Richter magnitude of 5.0 how much bigger would 6.0 be a 7.0?
This is really an answer but we dont use the ricter scale to record earthquakes because it didn't work well.. we use the M.M.S (Moment Magnitude Scale) To record earthquakes.. ----
How bad was Chile's earthquake?
it was 8.8 in the magitude scale
What was the mercalli scale of the 2010 Chile earthquake?
severe
