Richter Scale
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10 formerly used to express the magnitude of an earthquake on the basis of the size of seismograph oscillations
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Classifications
Entity Type
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Richter Scales
- possessive
- Richter Scale's
- pluralpossessive
- Richter Scales'