Dictionary of Environmental Health
One named after C.D. Richter, who devised it to provide a measure of earthquakes based on the comparative quantity of energy released. The scale ranges from 0 to over 8, the largest recorded earthquake measuring 8.6 on the Richter scale.
See also: EPICENTRE; MERCALLI SCALE
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