Richter scale

基本解释

Quakes of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale happen 10 times as often as quakes of magnitude 6.0, and 100 times as often as quakes of magnitude 7.0.
里氏震级5级地震的发生频率是6级地震的10倍，是7级地震的100倍。
It measured 9.5 on the Richter scale and triggered a tsunami that swept across the Pacific Ocean, killing scores of people in Hawaii, Japan and elsewhere.
这次震级为里氏9.5级的地震引发了席卷太平洋的海啸，夺去了夏威夷、日本和其它地区许多人的生命。
A 7.7 Richter scale earthquake virtually leveled the city of Quetta in the province of Balochistan.
这场里氏7.7级的地震几乎将俾路支省的奎达市夷为了平地。

The initial quake registered at magnitude 7 on the Richter Scale and was followed by several other shocks, including one that measured 5.9.
The initial quake registered at magnitude 7 on the Richter Scale and was followed by several other shocks, including one that measures 5.9.

In Shizuoka some 100 kilometers to the west, the latest quake measured 6.4 on the Richter scale.
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One shook the Ibaraki Prefecture mid-morning Monday registering a 5.0 on the Richter scale, Kyodo news reported.
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The Richter scale is a scale which is used for measuring how severe an earthquake is.