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- The magnitude of an earthquake can be measured on a scale called Richter scale.
- A Richter scale assigns a number each earthquake. This is also known as the Richter magnitude scale.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe Richter Scale is a scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake.
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∙ 9y agoThe Richter scale is used to measure the intensity of an earthquake. The scale was developed in the 1930s and is based on a 10 point logarithm.
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∙ 11y agoit is a type of scale used to measure earthquakes by the instrument called seismograph.
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∙ 15y agoThe Richter scale charts the amount of energy released in an earthquake. the Mercalli scale charts the degree of destruction in an earthquake. The scales are not equivalent to eachother.
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∙ 13y agoA logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 formerly used to express the magnitude of an earthquake on the basis of the size of seismograph oscillations
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∙ 14y agothe richer scale measures the magnitude
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What is used to determine placement on the Richter scale?
The Richter scale uses Arabic numerals.
What it measured on the Richter scale?
Richter scale measures the magnitude of earthquakes.
Does the Richter scale measure intensity?
Yes it does. The Richter Scale measures intensity for earthquakes!!
What did Charles Richter discover?
Charles Richter was a physicist who created the Richter scale. This scale allowed scientist to quantify the size of an earthquake.
What is the Rictor scale?
do you mean the richter scale?If so, the richter scale is a scale ranging from 1 to 1o that is used to determine the magnitude of an earthquake.
Do you measure earthquakes with Richter scale or the Mercalli scale?
The Richter scale
How do you use Richter Scale in a sentence?
My rebuilt engine is about 7.5 on the Richter scale! Yesterday's earthquake read 3.2 on the Richter scale. The Richter scale was developed in the 1930s.
What was the first magnitude scale used by scientists?
Richter scale
What scale is currently used to express the magnitude of an earthquake?
Richter scale
What is a numerical scale used to express the strength of an earthquake?
Richter scale
What is used to determine placement on the Richter scale?
The Richter scale uses Arabic numerals.
What is a tornado on the Richter scale?
That is impossible as the Richter scale is for measuring earthquakes.
What is the Richter scale of the earthquake in Haiti?
It reached 7.0 on the richter scale
The Pompeii earthquake on the Richter scale?
4-5 on the Richter scale.
Have tsunamis scale of Richter?
No. The Richter Scale rates the intensity of earthquakes. There is not intensity scale for tsunamis.
What is the Richter scales limit?
The scale of Richter scale is 10. It calculates the earthquake on a scale of 10.
What scale is used to describe the strength of an earthquakes?
The scale used to measure the strength of an earthquake is called the Richter scale
