Wednesday, November 4, 2009

TRIVIA BITS ... THE RICHTER SCALE

TRIVIA BITS ... THE RICHTER SCALE
Whenever an earthquake is reported, it is give a measurement on the Richter Scale. Exactly what does this mean? Each level on the Richter Scale IS 10 time stronger then the previous level 1 Instrumental 2 Feeble 3 Slight 4 Moderate 5 Rather strong 6 Strong 7 Very Strong 8 Destructive 9 Ruinous 10 Disastrous 11 Very disastrous 12 Catastrophic An Earthquake that southwest China in May 2008 was assessed as 8.0 on the Richter Scale. Damage from a magnitude 7.4 earthquake that hit Niigata, Japan, in 1964.
Damage to a school in Anchorage, Alaska, caused by the 1964 Prince William Sound earthquake. The earthquake, which killed 131 people and caused $538 million of property damage, registered an 9.2 on the Richter Scale.

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