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Richter scale


(RIK-tuhr) A scale used to rate the intensity of earthquakes. The scale is open-ended, with each succeeding level representing ten times as much energy as the last. A serious earthquake might rate six to eight, and very destructive quakes rate higher.	1
‡ No quake greater than nine has ever been recorded.	2

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