The Ritcher Scale is used to measure earthquake strength.
It was 7.2 according to my freinds :S
The biggest earthquake measured 9.5 on the ritcher scale.
Beaufort Scale
The Richter scale is a logarithmic scale, and is open-ended. The largest earthquakes record just above 9 on this scale. Of course, there are even larger events. Such as the bolide that struck the Mexican peninsula about 65 million years ago.
The Richter Scale is the Longarithmic scale used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake. The scale jumps in intervals of 10X each integer increase... i.e:2 on the scale is 10X greater than 13 on the scale is 100X greater than 1, and 10X greater than 2I think the general formula is 10n-1 'n' being the number on the Richter scale, the value of the formula being the value of the number relative to 1 on the Richter scale. Using the formula, you would get 5 to be 104 meaning 10,000 times greater than 1.The Richter scale is a quantitative scale, which measures according to recorded values as opposed to the Mercalli Scale which measures according to what you can see the earthquake has done (i.e. in terms of damage done).
A seismograph records the intensity measured by the Ritcher Scale.
he invented the Ritcher magnitude scale
Ritcher Scale
one to ten
8.9
It was 7.2 according to my freinds :S
The lowest number on the Ritcher scale is a 1.0. A 1.0 is generally not felt at all. The highest number is a 10 on the Ritcher scale.
He was the first person who created the Ritcher scale
The biggest earthquake measured 9.5 on the ritcher scale.
The main scales for measuring earthquakes are the Richter scale, the moment magnitude scale, and the Mercalli intensity scale. The Richter scale measures the amplitude of seismic waves, the moment magnitude scale considers the total energy released by an earthquake, and the Mercalli intensity scale measures the intensity of shaking and its effects on people and structures.
The Rossi-Forel scale measures the intensity of earthquakes based on observed effects on people, buildings, and the environment, ranging from I (not felt) to X (widespread destruction). The Richter scale measures the magnitude of earthquakes based on the energy released by the quake, using a logarithmic scale with each whole number increase representing a tenfold increase in amplitude of seismic waves.
Jim Ritcher's birth name is James Alexander Ritcher.