Richter scale

基本解釋

Quakes of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale happen 10 times as often as quakes of magnitude 6.0, and 100 times as often as quakes of magnitude 7.0.
裡氏震級5級地震的發(fā)生頻率是6級地震的10倍，是7級地震的100倍。
It measured 9.5 on the Richter scale and triggered a tsunami that swept across the Pacific Ocean, killing scores of people in Hawaii, Japan and elsewhere.
這次震級爲裡氏9.5級的地震引發(fā)了蓆卷太平洋的海歗，奪去了夏威夷、日本和其它地區(qū)許多人的生命。
A 7.7 Richter scale earthquake virtually leveled the city of Quetta in the province of Balochistan.
這場裡氏7.7級的地震幾乎將俾路支省的奎達市夷爲了平地。

The initial quake registered at magnitude 7 on the Richter Scale and was followed by several other shocks, including one that measured 5.9.
The initial quake registered at magnitude 7 on the Richter Scale and was followed by several other shocks, including one that measures 5.9.

In Shizuoka some 100 kilometers to the west, the latest quake measured 6.4 on the Richter scale.
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One shook the Ibaraki Prefecture mid-morning Monday registering a 5.0 on the Richter scale, Kyodo news reported.
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The Richter scale is a scale which is used for measuring how severe an earthquake is.