Richter scale

The Richter scale is a scale of numbers used to tell the power (or magnitude) of earthquakes. Charles Richter developed the Richter Scale in 1935. His scale worked like a seismogram, measured by a particular type of seismometer at a distance of 100 kilometers (62 mi) from the earthquake.

Earthquakes 4.5 or higher on the Richter scale can be measured all over the world. An earthquake a size that scores 3.0 is ten times the amplitude of one that scores 2.0. The energy that is released increases by a factor of about 32.

Every increase of 1 on the Richter scale corresponds to an increase in amplitude by a factor of 10 so therefore, it is a logarithmic scale.

Richter Scale Magnitude
Descriptor Richter Magnitude number Damage caused by the earthquake Frequency of occurrence
Micro Less than 2.0 Micro (very small) earthquakes, people cannot feel these. About 8,000 each day
Very minor 2.0-2.9 People do not feel these, but seismographs are able to detect them. About 1,000 per day
Minor 3.0-3.9 People often feel these, but they almost never cause damage. About 49,000 each year (About 134 per day)
Light 4.0-4.9

Objects inside houses are disturbed, causing noise. Things are rarely damaged.

About 6,200 each year (About 17 per day)
Moderate 5.0-5.9

Buildings that are not built well may be damaged. Light objects inside a house may be moved.

About 800 per year (About 2 per day)
Strong 6.0-6.9

Moderately powerful. May cause a lot of damage in a larger area.

About 120 per year
Major 7.0-7.9 Can damage things seriously over larger areas. About 18 per year
Great 8.0-9.9 Massive damage is caused. Heavy objects are thrown into the air and cracks appear on the ground, as well as visible shockwaves. Overhead highways may be destroyed, and buildings are toppled. About 1 per 20 years
Meteoric 10.0+ There are no records of anything of this size. The vibration is about the same as that of a 24 km (15 mi) meteor. Unknown

(Adapted from U.S. Geological Survey documents)

The earthquake with the biggest recorded magnitude was the Great Chilean Earthquake. It had a magnitude of 9.5 on the Richter scale and occurred in 1960. Around 6,000 people died because of the earthquake. No earthquake has ever hit 10+ on the Richter Scale.

More examples

Approximate Richter Magnitude number Seismic energy equivalent: Amount of TNT Example event
0.5 5.6kg Large hand grenade
1.5 178kg Bomb used in WWII
2 1 metric ton Large Bomb used in WWII
2.5 5.6 metric tons Blockbuster bomb (dropped from airplanes) in WWII
3.5 178 metric tons Chernobyl accident, 1986
4 1 kiloton Small atomic bomb
5 32 kilotons Nagasaki atomic bomb
Lincolnshire earthquake (UK), 2008
5.4 150 kilotons [2008 Chino Hills earthquake] (Los Angeles, United States)
5.5 178 kilotons Little Skull Mtn. earthquake (NV, USA), 1992
Alum Rock earthquake (CA, USA), 2007
6.0 1 megaton Double Spring Flat earthquake (NV, USA), 1994
6.5 5.6 megatons Caracas (Venezuela), 1967
Rhodes (Greece), 2008
Eureka Earthquake (Humboldt County CA, USA), 2010
6.7 16.2 megatons Northridge earthquake (CA, USA), 1994
6.9 26.8 megatons San Francisco Bay Area earthquake (CA, USA), 1989
7.0 32 megatons Java earthquake (Indonesia), 2009, 2010 Haiti Earthquake
7.1 50 megatons Energy released is equivalent to that of Tsar Bomba, the largest thermonuclear weapon ever tested
1944 San Juan earthquake

2019 Ridgecrest, California earthquake

7.5 178 megatons Kashmir earthquake (Pakistan), 2005
Antofagasta earthquake (Chile), 2007
7.8 600 megatons Tangshan earthquake (China), 1976

North Canterbury (New Zealand) 2016

8.0 1 gigaton San Francisco earthquake (CA, USA), 1906
Queen Charlotte earthquake (BC, Canada), 1949
México City earthquake (Mexico), 1985
Gujrat earthquake (India), 2001
Chincha Alta earthquake (Peru), 2007
Sichuan earthquake (China), 2008 (initial estimate: 7.8)
1894 San Juan earthquake
8.5 5.6 gigatons Toba eruption 75,000 years ago; the largest known volcanic event.[1]
Sumatra earthquake (Indonesia), 2007
9.0 32 gigatons 2011 Sendai, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, Lisbon Earthquake (Lisbon, Portugal), All Saints Day, 1755
9.1 67 gigatons Indian Ocean earthquake, 2004 (40 ZJ in this case)
9.2 90.7 gigatons Anchorage earthquake (AK, USA), 1964
9.5 178 gigatons Valdivia earthquake (Chile), 1960
13.0 108 megatons = 100 teratons Yucatán Peninsula impact (causing Chicxulub crater) 65 MYA ago.[2][3][4][5][6]

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