Richter scale

English

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Richter scale chart.

Etymology

From American seismologist Charles Richter, whose name derives from German Richter (“judge”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Richter scale

1. (seismology) a logarithmic scale used to express the energy released by an earthquake, each increase of 1 representing a 32-fold increase in energy.

Translations

logarithmic scale

• Arabic: مِقْيَاس رِيخْتَر m (miqyās rīḵtar)
• Belarusian: шкала́ Ры́хтэра f (škalá Rýxtera)
• Bulgarian: скала на Ри́хтер f (skala na Ríhter)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 里氏地震規模, 里氏地震規模 (Lǐ shì dìzhèn guīmó), 李氏地震分等標準／李氏地震分等标准 (Lǐ shì dìzhèn fēn děng biāozhǔn), 黎克特制震級／黎克特制震级 (Líkètè zhì zhènjí)

• Czech: Richterova stupnice f, Richterova škála f
• Dutch: schaal van Richter (nl)
• Finnish: Richter-asteikko
• French: échelle de Richter (fr) f
• German: Richterskala f
• Greek: κλίμακα Ρίχτερ (el) f (klímaka Ríchter)
• Haitian Creole: echèl Richter
• Hawaiian: pālākiō ikehu ōlaʻi
• Hungarian: Richter-skála
• Indonesian: skala Richter
• Irish: scála Richter m
• Italian: scala Richter f
• Japanese: リヒター・スケール (Rihitā-sukēru)
• Kazakh: Рихтер бағамы (Rixter bağamy)
• Korean: 리히터 규모 (Rihiteo gyumo)
• Persian: مقیاس ریشتر (meqyâs-e rišter)
• Polish: skala Richtera f
• Portuguese: escala Richter f (Brazil), escala de Richter f (Portugal)
• Russian: шкала́ Ри́хтера f (škalá Ríxtera)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Рихтерова скала f, Рихтерова љествица f

  Roman: Richterova skala f, Richterova ljestvica f

• Spanish: escala Richter f, escala de Richter f
• Swedish: richterskala (sv) c
• Turkish: Richter ölçeği
• Ukrainian: шкала́ Рі́хтера f (škalá Ríxtera)

Noun

Richter scale (plural Richter scales)

1. A value on the Richter scale

   The students also faced and experienced earthquakes at various Richter scales.

See also

• Fujita scale
• Torino scale