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Meanings of richter scale in English

Russian
магнитуда землетрясения
Portuguese
escala richter
Spanish
magnitud richter
Catalan
escala richter

Seismic magnitude scale.

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        магнитуда землетрясения
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        Examples for "richter magnitude scale"
        Examples for "richter magnitude scale"
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        A further 66 quakes reached a magnitude of 7.0-7.9 and 385 scored 6.0-6.9 on the Richter magnitude scale.
        Reuters
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        The earthquake registered a preliminary 2.5 on the local magnitude scale, as recorded by SA's Seismograph network.
        The South African
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        Measuring at 2.3 on the local magnitude scale, the Sunday tremor was a relatively subdued seismic event.
        The South African
        Usage of richter scale in English
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        Solomon Islands has been hit by another powerful earthquake overnight, measuring seven-point-four on the richter scale.
        Radio NZ
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        It was an explosion so massive it registered on the richter scale, the measure used to quantify the force of earthquakes.
        Radio NZ
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        The western region of Turkey was struck by another massive earthquake, measuring 7.2 on the richter scale, yesterday.
        The Irish Times
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        Christchurch has been rattled by a series of earthquakes with the latest measuring 5.5 on the richter scale.
        Radio NZ
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        But compared to the buzz which happened when Spotify launched here last November, Google's music launch didn't really register on the buzz richter scale.
        The Irish Times
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        An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the richter scale struck off the coast of north-eastern Japan on Friday, shaking buildings as far as Tokyo.
        The Guardian
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        Still, the record of their imaginative frenzy is off the Richter scale.
        The Guardian
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        As challenging subject matter goes, this was off the Richter scale.
        The Guardian
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        Exactly the same momentous reading on rugby's Richter scale, I'd say.
        The Guardian
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        I was thinking seismic sensors, the kind that measure Richter scales.
        Acts of nature
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        As immigration people go, this was friendliness off the Richter scale.
        The Irish Times
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        The music and the sound system are off the Richter scale.
        The Guardian
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        Nice, but on our Richter scale of excitement it barely tweaks the graph.
        The Irish Times
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        And the beer there is all five on the Richter scale.
        The Guardian
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        The Richter scale may be obsolete now, but its logarithm definition of magnitude remains.
        Wired
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        Taiwan still uses the Richter scale to measure earthquake intensity.
        Reuters