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What is the name of the scale that rates earthquake damage at a particular location?
Rictor Scale
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.
How much damage does an earthquake make?
it depends on the strength which can be determined on the rictor scale
When did Nolie rictor worked?
When did nolie rictor work
What is the hardness of slate on mohs hardness scale?
Slate, being a metamorphic rock, would not have a hardness listing on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.
What do scientist measure in?
the rictor scale
What do scientists measure earthquakes in?
the rictor scale
What scales are used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?
The instrument that is used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake is a seismometer.
What is the name of the scale that rates earthquake damage at a particular location?
Rictor Scale
How big does the rictor scale reach?
it can reach up to 10
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.
How much damage does an earthquake make?
it depends on the strength which can be determined on the rictor scale
How do you spell rictor?
The spelling of the historic scale for earthquakes is Richter, for Charles Francis Richter (1900-1985). There is a fictional character named Rictor in the X-men comics.
How did the japan tsunami happen?
and earhtquake scoring 8.9 on the rictor scale triggered the tsunami
What do you call the measurement of a wave magnitude of oscillation?
a device called a rictor scale is used
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
Which scale would be used to tell how much an earthquake damage was done to homes and other buildings?
They could use the information from the seismic wave scale
