NOUN
- a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 formerly used to express the magnitude of an earthquake on the basis of the size of seismograph oscillations
How To Use Richter scale In A Sentence
- 'The earthquake, centred on Alor in Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT) Province, about 1000 km east of Bali, measured 7.4 on the Richter scale and was followed by multiple after-shocks. Rapid Australian Response Helps Indonesia's Earthquake Victims
- This kind of headache is generally only suffered by men, is typically suffered intensely over a period of weeks with a long period of remission in between, is extremely rare, and is off the Richter scale of painfulness. Happy? New Year
- An official at the meteorology and geophysics office here said the new trembler, measuring 5,7 on the Richter scale, jolted Aceh at about 11.52 am.
- They were 2,1km below ground when a tremor, measuring 2,9 on the Richter scale, caused the rockfall.
- Last September, Taiwan suffered a massive earthquake which measured 7.3 on the Richter scale.
- Nine on the Richter scale indicates an earthquake of absolutely awesome destructive power.
- The Boxing Day tsunami and the Sumatran earthquake on March 28, which registered 9 on the Richter scale, have made the world conscious of these massive upheavals of the Earth.
- The Richter Scale is a measure of ground motion.
- An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck southern California on June 28.
- The earthquake measured 6.4 on the Richter scale.
