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The seismic scale that measures the intensity of earthquake damage is called the Mercalli intensity scale. This scale measures the effect an earthquake has on people and surroundings.
No. The Richter's scale measures the magnitude or intensity of an earthquake on a scale up to ten.
The 2011 earthquake was a 5.8 magnitude on the Richter scale.
The Richter Scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake which is another way of describing the energy released in the earthquake.
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
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The rIchter scale measures the damage level of an earthquake
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It measured 6.3 on the Richter scale
The Richter Scale is used to rate the magnitude of an earthquake -- the amount of energy it released. This is calculated using information gathered by a seismograph. The Richter Scale is logarithmic, meaning that whole-number jumps indicate a tenfold increase.In this case, the increase is in wave amplitude. That is, the wave amplitude in a level 6 earthquake is 10 times greater than in a level 5 earthquake, and the amplitude increases 100 times between a level 7 earthquake and a level 9 earthquake. The amount of energy released increases 31.7 times between whole number values.
The Richter Scale
The Richter scale provides a measure of the magnitude or energy released by an earthquake. It quantifies the amplitude (size) of seismic waves generated by the earthquake, which correlates with the earthquake's strength. The scale is logarithmic, meaning that each whole number increase on the scale represents a tenfold increase in the amplitude of shaking and approximately 31.6 times more energy release.
5-6 recorded earthquakes have measured 9.0 or higher on the Richter scale. 1960 Valdivia earthquake; Valdivia, Chile; 9.5 magnitude 1964 Alaska earthquake; Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA; 9.2 magnitude 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake; Indian Ocean, Sumatra, Indonesia; 9.1-9.3 magnitude 1952 Kamchatka earthquakes; Kamchatka, Russia (then USSR); 9.0 magnitude 2011 Tohoku earthquake; Pacific Ocean, Tohoku region, Japan; 9.0 magnitude 1833 Sumatra earthquake; Sumatra, Indonesia; 8.8-9.2 magnitude (est.)
The Haiti earthquake in 2010 had a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale.
The seismic scale that measures the intensity of earthquake damage is called the Mercalli intensity scale. This scale measures the effect an earthquake has on people and surroundings.
Seismologists estimate earthquake intensity based on the reports of witnesses on the level of felt ground movement, on the amount of damage caused by an earthquake and also based on the ground accelerations as measured by seismometers. The scale used to define earthquake intensity in much of the world is the Modified Mercalli scale (before this, a scale known as the Rossi-Forel scale was used). In Europe the Macroseismic scale is in use.