Question

What is rechter scale ?​

Answer 1

Definition of Richter scale

An open-ended logarithmic scale for expressing the magnitude of a seismic disturbance (such as an earthquake) in terms of the energy dissipated in it with 1.5 indicating the smallest earthquake that can be felt, 4.5 an earthquake causing slight damage, and 8.5 a very devastating earthquake.

For class 8

The Richter Scale is a series of numbers from 1 to 12 used to express the magnitude (or size) of an earthquake. An earthquake of magnitude 2 is ten times as strong as an earthquake of magnitude 1. An earthquake of magnitude 3 on Richter Scale is 100 times as strong as an earthquake of magnitude 1 on the same scale.

Answer 2

• The Richter scale, also known as the Richter magnitude scale or Richter's magnitude scale, is a measure of earthquake strength that was developed by Charles Francis Richter and published in his landmark 1935 book, in which he referred to it as the "magnitude scale."
• After revision and renaming, the local magnitude scale (ML or ML) was renamed. [citation required]
• Due to the ML scale's inherent inadequacies, most seismological authorities now record earthquake magnitudes using alternative scales, such as the moment magnitude scale (Mw), but much of the news media still refers to them as "Richter" magnitudes.
• All magnitude scales have been scaled to have nearly equivalent quantitative values while maintaining the logarithmic aspect of the original (typically in the middle of the scale).