Richter Scale
Channing C.
A Richter Scale is a scale of seismic intensity which is a way of measuring or rating the effects of an earthquake at different sites. It measures the amplitude or height of a seismic surface, because the ground displacement of earthquake waves from less then a millimeter to many meters a day.
DICTIONARY
SEISMIC - RELATING TO AN EARTHQUAKE.
INTENSITY - THE POWER , STRENGTH , OR CONCENTRATION OF SOMETHING.
