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Descriptor English: Richter Scale
Descriptor Spanish: Escala de Richter
Descriptor escala de Richter
Scope note: Diseñada por C.F. Richter en 1935, es un índice de la energía sísmica liberada por un terremoto (en contraste con la intensidad, que describe sus efectos en un lugar particular) que se expresa en términos del movimiento que sería medido en ciertos tipos específicos de sismógrafos localizados a 100 km del epicentro del terremoto. (Traducción libre del original: Material II - IDNDR, 1992)
Descriptor Portuguese: Escala Richter
Descriptor French: Échelle de Richter
Entry term(s): Earthquake Magnitude
Magnitude
Tree number(s): SP8.665.076.994.109
Scope note: Devised by C.F. Richter in 1935, an index of the seismic energy released by an earthquake (as contrasted to intensity that describes its effects at a particular place), expressed in terms of the motion that would be measured by a specific type of seismograph located 100 km from the epicenter of an earthquake (Material II - IDNDR, 1992)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
DeCS ID: 34703
Unique ID: DDCS034703
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Richter Scale - Preferred
Concept UI FD00060593
Scope note Devised by C.F. Richter in 1935, an index of the seismic energy released by an earthquake (as contrasted to intensity that describes its effects at a particular place), expressed in terms of the motion that would be measured by a specific type of seismograph located 100 km from the epicenter of an earthquake (Material II - IDNDR, 1992)
Preferred term Richter Scale
Entry term(s) Earthquake Magnitude
Magnitude



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