English-Finnish translations for richter scale

• Richter-asteikko

Definition of richter scale

• a logarithmic scale used to express the energy released by an earthquake, each increase of 1 representing a 32-fold increase in energy
• A value on the Richter scale

Examples

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

Related words

• Richter
• Maastricht
• chondrichthyan
• Maastrichtian
• Crichton
• Richterian
• Chondrichthyes
• Maastricht Formation