Richter Scale

People have difficulty standing, cars shake and damage is considerable to poorly built buildings

• VII

• VIII

• IX

• X

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What scale is used to measure Earthquakes?

• Richter Scale

• Saffir-Simpson Scale

• Fujita Scale

• Seismoscale

The strongest earthquake will be a category _____.

• 1

• 5

• 10

• 20

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The magnitude of an earthquake is measured by an instrument called

• a digital scale

• a seismogram

• a seismograph

• kilogram

A scale from 1 to 10, used for measuring the strength of an earthquake.

• saffir-simpson scale

• richter scale

• earthquake scale

• seismograph

The power of an earthquake is expressed in terms of a magnitude on a scale called the __________.

• Richter photo

• Richter scale

• Seismic waves

• Option b. and c.

Which of the following descriptions applies to the Richter scale?

• scale developed to rate earthquakes according to how much damage was done to homes and other buildings in a given place.

• The rating system that estimates the total energy released by an earthquake

• a rating of an earthquake's magnitude based on the size of the earthquake's seismic waves.

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What does the Richter Scale measure?

• The intensity of hurricanes

• The magnitude of earthquakes

• The speed of sound

• The depth of oceans

Who developed the Richter Scale?

• Charles Richter

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilei

On the Richter Scale, what magnitude is considered a major earthquake?

• 4.0

• 5.0

• 6.0

• 7.0