RICHTER SCALE

BY SETH JEPSON

WHAT IS A RICHTER SCALE

IT TELL YOU HOW BAD THE EARTHQUAKES IS OR WAS

HOW DUES IT HAPPEN

A RICHTER SCALE TELL YOU HOW BAD THE EARTHQUAKE IS

AND HOW A EARTHQUAKE IS MADE TWO PARTS PUSH IN TO

THEN IT MAKE A EARTHQUAKE

WHERE DUES IT HAPPEN

IT HAPPEN BY THE RING OF FIRE

FACTS

1ST FACT THE RICHTER SCALE WAS DEVELOPED IN 1935 BY CHARLES F. RICHTER

THE LARGEST EARTHQUAKE IS 9.5

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• Less than 2.0 micor
• 2.0 to 3.9 minor
• 4.0 to 4.9 light
• 5.0 to 5.9 moderate
• 6.0 to 6.9 strong
• 7.0 to 7.9 major
• 8.0 to 9.9 great
• 10.0 or up EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!

CHARLES F. RICHTER NAMED THE RICHTER SCALE AFTER HIS LAST NAME

CHARLES RICHTER WAS BORN IN APRIL 26 1900

DIED ON SEPTEMBER 30 1985 AND HE WAS 85 WIN HE DIED

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