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The magnitude of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on the Richter scale was 7.0
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What Richter scale was the haiti earthquake?
The Haiti earthquake in 2010 had a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale.
What scale gives the intensity of earthquakes?
Richter scale is used to measure earthquakes magnitude Shake intensity is measured on the Mercalli scale
Why are Richter scales called Richter Scales?
Richter scales are named after Charles F. Richter, an American seismologist who developed the scale in 1935. The scale measures the magnitude of earthquakes based on the amplitude of seismic waves recorded on seismographs.
What was the first magnitude scale used by scientists?
Richter scale
Is there a scale for the severity of the tsunami?
The scale for a Tsunami is a Richter Scale. The Richter Scale is a scale that measures earthquakes, and Tsunamis are normally made by earthquakes. But be careful, because Tsunamis are normally formed by 6.5's or greater on the Richter Scale. -I hope I helped Actually, the Richter Scale is invalid, and we do not use it any more. The scale we use today is the MMS, or Moment Magnitude Scale. In the MMS, every point up the scale (Which goes from 1-10), multiplies it's magnitude by 30.
What Richter scale was the haiti earthquake?
The Haiti earthquake in 2010 had a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale.
When Has there ever been a 8 or 9 on the Richter scale?
No earthquake has ever been recorded with a magnitude of 9 on the Richter scale. The strongest recorded earthquake had a magnitude of 9.5 in Chile in 1960. Very few earthquakes have reached a magnitude of 8 or higher on the Richter scale.
What is the scale used to magnitude of earthquakes?
Richter Scale~
What event's magnitude is expressed as a number on the Richter Scale?
Earthquakes are the events whose magnitude is expressed as a number on the Richter Scale.
What was Haiti's magnitude on the Richter scale?
I believe it was 7.0.
What scale is used to describe the magnitude of earthquakes?
a Richter scale
What scale gives the intensity of earthquakes?
Richter scale is used to measure earthquakes magnitude Shake intensity is measured on the Mercalli scale
What it measured on the Richter scale?
The Richter scale measures the magnitude of seismic waves produced by an earthquake, which provides an estimate of the energy released at the earthquake's source. A higher Richter scale number indicates a stronger earthquake.
What sort of graf can you mejer earthquakes with?
You can measure earthquakes on the Moment magnitude scale or the Richter scale
What scale describes an earthquake with a magnitude?
There are a number of earthquake magnitude scales, including the moment magnitude scale (the scale currently favoured by seismologists), the Richter or local magnitude scale and the surface wave magnitude scale.
What is the scale that rates earthquakes?
The Richter scale. For larger earthquakes (magnitude greater than 7) and for those with an epicentral distance greater than 700 km from the seismometer station, the Moment magnitude scale is used.
What is the name of the scale that measures earthquakes?
The Richter scale was originally developed to measure the strength or magnitude of moderate earthquakes (magnitudes less than 7). The surface wave magnitude scale was then developed by Richter and Guttenburg to allow larger earthquake magnitudes to be measured (up to 8). To measure large earthquakes the moment magnitude scale must be used. To measure the severity of earthquakes, the Modified Mercalli intensity scale is used in the US and the Macroseismic scale is used in Europe.
