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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.
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.
5.9 is in the moderate category on the Ritcher scale doing at most slight damage to well-designed buildings and mostly damage to poorly constructed buildings over small regions. But the overall seismic energy is equivalent to 10.7 kilotons of TNT explosive force so it's not trivial. In comparison, this is over 4,000 times the energy equivalent of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing (5,000 pounds), but spread out over a much larger area.
The Ritcher Scale is used to measure earthquake strength.
he invented the Ritcher magnitude scale
Ritcher Scale
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.
3 numbers. The different ratings are simply the levels of strength of an earthquake.
one to ten
the richter scale is logarithmic
8.9
It was 7.2 according to my freinds :S
He was the first person who created the Ritcher scale
The biggest earthquake measured 9.5 on the ritcher scale.
The Ritcher Scale works by allowing scientist to measure the size and intensity of an earthquake.