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- The Richter scale (/ˈrɪktər/), also called the Richter magnitude scale, Richter's magnitude scale, and the Gutenberg–Richter scale, is a measure of the...
- the "Richter" scale, is actually the Local magnitude scale, label ML or ML. Richter established two features now common to all magnitude scales. First...
namesake and one of the creators of the Richter magnitude scale, which, until the development of the moment magnitude scale in 1979, was widely used to quantify...- same magnitudes on both scales. Despite the difference, news media often use the term "Richter scale" when referring to the moment magnitude scale. Moment...
commonly used logarithmic scales, where a larger quantity results in a higher value: Richter magnitude scale and moment magnitude scale (MMS) for strength of...- Seismic magnitude scales, the energy in an earthquake, measures include: Moment magnitude scale, based on seismic moment, supersedes the Richter scale Richter...
Wood–Anderson seismometer (category Articles using ML magnitude scale)times, and its damping constant is 0.8. Charles Francis Richter developed the Richter magnitude scale using the Wood–Anderson seismometer. In 1908, geologist...- this intensity scale confused with the Richter magnitude scale he had developed, he proposed calling it the "modified Mercalli scale of 1956" (MM56)...
List of earthquakes in Japan (category Articles using Mw magnitude scale)a magnitude greater than or equal to 7.0 or which caused significant damage or casualties. As indicated below, magnitude is measured on the Richter magnitude...- Scale. The 1873 version of the Rossi–Forel scale had 10 intensity levels: Richter magnitude scale Seismic intensity scales Seismic magnitude scales Tiedemann...
Charles Francis Richter at the California Institute of Technology and Richter's collaborator in developing the Richter magnitude scale for measuring an...- Beaufort scale 1931 Modified Mercalli intensity scale 1935 Richter magnitude scale (superseded by the Moment magnitude scale) 1969 Saffir–Simpson scale 1971...
Earthquake (redirect from Low-magnitude earthquake)first scale for measuring earthquake magnitudes was developed by Charles Francis Richter in 1935. Subsequent scales (seismic magnitude scales) have retained...- moment magnitude scale to replace the Richter magnitude scale for measuring the relative strength of earthquakes. The reason was that the Richter scale saturates...
- This magnitude scale is related to the local magnitude scale proposed by Charles Francis Richter in 1935, with modifications from both Richter and Beno...
- 1931 Dogger Bank earthquake (category Articles using ML magnitude scale)United Kingdom since measurements began. It had a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter magnitude scale, and it caused a shaking intensity of VI (Strong) to...
- List of earthquakes in Argentina (category Articles using abbreviated captions for seismic magnitude)approximate for old events. Magnitude is measured in the Richter magnitude scale. Intensity is measured in the Mercalli intensity scale. Depth is given in miles...
- List of earthquakes in Canada (category Articles using Mw magnitude scale)Mw Moment magnitude scale ML Richter magnitude scale Ms Surface wave magnitude scale Mn Nuttli magnitude scale—a version of the Richter scale specifically...
- Decibel (redirect from Logit (magnitude))entire day dB drag racing Decade (log scale) Loudness Neper One-third octave § Base 10 pH Phon Richter magnitude scale Sone "When one gives the value of a...
- a unit of volume Millilambert (mL), a non-SI unit of luminance Richter magnitude scale (ML), used to measure earthquakes Megalangmuir (ML), a unit of...
- Friedrich Richter Analects from Richter by Thomas De Quincey [translator] 3696560The Campaner thal, and other writings — Analects from RichterThomas De
- tuned scale. Charles Richter in: Charles F. Richter - An Interview by Henry Spall, U.S. Geological Survey The usual designation of the magnitude scale to
- Mercalli scale, comparisons between earthquakes are difficult to make. To address these problems, in 1935 Charles Richter developed his Richter magnitude scale