Richter scale

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Richter scale chart.

From American seismologist Charles Richter.

(seismology) a logarithmic scale used to express the energy released by an earthquake, each increase of 1 representing a 32-fold increase in energy.

logarithmic scale

Arabic: مِقْيَاس رِيخْتَر‎ m (miqyās riḵtar)
Belarusian: шкала Рыхтэра f (škalá Rýxtera)
Bulgarian: скала на Рихтер f (skala na Ríhter)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 裡氏地震規模, 裡氏地震規模 (Lǐ shì dìzhèn guīmó), 李氏地震分等標準, 李氏地震分等标准 (Lǐ shì dìzhèn fēn děng biāozhǔn), 黎克特製震級, 黎克特制震级 (Líkètè zhì zhènjí)
Czech: Richterova stupnice f, Richterova škála f
Dutch: schaal van Richter
Finnish: Richter-asteikko
French: échelle de Richter (fr) f
German: Richterskala f
Haitian Creole: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: Richter-skála
Irish: scála Richter m
Italian: scala Richter f

Japanese: リヒター・スケール (Rihitā-sukēru)
Kazakh: Рихтер бағамы (Rïxter bağamı)
Korean: 리히터 규모 (Rihiteo gyumo)
Persian: مقیاس ریشتر‎ (meqyâs-e rišter)
Polish: skala Richtera f
Portuguese: escala Richter f
Russian: шкала́ Ри́хтера f (škalá Ríxtera)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Рихтерова скала f, Рихтерова љествица f

Roman: Richterova skala f, Richterova ljestvica f
Spanish: escala Richter f
Turkish: Richter ölçeği
Ukrainian: шкала Ріхтера f (škalá Ríxtera)

Richter scale (plural Richter scales)

A value on the Richter scale
The students also faced and experienced earthquakes at various Richter scales.