Definition of richter scale Richter scale
Rich•ter scale
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What does richter scale mean?
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| richter scale - 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 | ||
| graduated table, ordered series, scale of measurement, scale a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals | ||
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- richter scale (Noun)
A value on the Richter scale.
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The Richter magnitude scale is a scale of numbers used to tell the size of Californian earthquakes. Charles Richter developed the Richter Scale in 1935.
Earthquakes that are 4.5 or higher on the Richter scale can be measured by tools all over the world.
The scale is logarithmic, with a base of 10. This means that an earthquake which scores 3.0 on the scale is ten times as powerful that one that scores 2.0.
