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Definition of: Richter scale

(riktər)
A logarithmic measure of the estimated energy released by earthquakes according to which 1 represents an imperceptible tremor and 10 a theoretical maximum about one thousand times greater than any recorded earthquake. [after Charles R. Richter, born 1900, U.S. seismologist]

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