There were two magnitude 9+ earthquakes under the Indian ocean, (9.1 and 9.3) in that respect the earthquake that caused the tsunami was off the Richter scale!
The tsunami itself was 60ft high and travelled 40 mph upon reaching the shore, the first of the two waves sort of broke on the shore causing some damage, but this wet the land creating a slipstream for the second wave which destroyed most of the towns it hit.
The Richter magnitude scale is used to measure the strength of an earthquake.
Scientists also measure the magnitude of an earthquake, which represents the total energy released at the source. Magnitude is typically measured on the Richter scale or the moment magnitude scale.
A device used to measure the strength of an earthquake
PAGASA uses the Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale to measure the intensity of an earthquake in the Philippines. This scale assesses the effects of an earthquake on people, structures, and the environment rather than measuring the actual energy released by the earthquake.
PAGASA (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration) uses the Richter scale to measure the intensity of earthquakes. This scale is a logarithmic scale that quantifies the energy released by an earthquake.
The Seismograph is used to measure the Magnitude of an earthquake.
a Seismograph measure earthquake vibrations
An earthquake's magnitude is a measure of how strong it is
magnitudea measure of the amount of the energy released by earthquake . earthquake is measure through Ricthter scale that measure the magnitude of seismic waves that it has
to rate an earthquake
The Richter magnitude scale is used to measure the strength of an earthquake.
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to rate an earthquake
seismograph is how to measure the intensity the earthquake will be or was.
The largest earthquake ever recorded was the 1960 Valdivia earthquake in Valdivia, Chile which measure at 9.5 on the Richter scale.
seismograph is generally used to measure earthquakes.
Earthquake measure