English-German translations for richter scale

• Richterskala die
  Dieses Erdbeben war recht stark, 6, 3 auf der Richterskala. This earthquake was fairly strong, 6.3 on the Richter scale.
  Wie Sie alle wissen, hat sich am Morgen des 21. September in Taiwan ein schreckliches Erdbeben der Stärke 7,6 auf der Richterskala ereignet. As you know, on the morning of 21 September, a terrible earthquake, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, struck the island of Taiwan.

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