Richter scale

noun

1. 里氏震级，里克特震级（测量地震强度的标准）
   a system for measuring how strong an earthquake is
   1. an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale
      里氏7.3级的地震

1. N-SING 里克特震级;里氏震级
   The Richter scale is a scale which is used for measuring how severe an earthquake is.
   1. An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale struck California yesterday.
      昨天加利福尼亚发生了里氏6.1级地震。

1. An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale struck California yesterday.
   昨天加利福尼亚发生了里氏6.1级地震。
2. China Seismological Bureau experts finished reviewing data from last week's quake and have revised its magnitude upward, to8 on the Richter Scale.
   中国地震局的专家结束了审核上周发生地震的数据，已经把地震级别上调到里氏8级。
3. TAIPEI, April 26 ( Xinhua)& A strong earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck east Taiwan Monday, according to the island's seismological agency.
   4月26日新华社台北消息根据岛内地震局的报道，台湾东海在周一发生里氏6.6级地震。
4. There are two scales for defining the strength of an earthquake, the Mercalli Scale and the Richter Scale.
   地震强度用两个级别来定义，Mercalli级别和Richter级别。
5. Shortly before noon on September 1, 1923, an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale sent shockwaves through the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area.
   1923年九月一日，中午之前，一场里氏7.9级的地震横扫了东京-横滨地区。
6. Blame the quake's strength ( 8.0 on the Richter scale, or more than 30 times more powerful than the recent quake in Haiti) as well as timing and location.
   原因在于震级（里氏8.0级，比刚发生的海地地震强30倍），还有时间和地点。
7. This is the absolute value of human emotion& joyful events can sometimes register on the Richter scale as pure trauma; dreadful grief makes us some-times burst out laughing.
   这是人类情感的绝对价值&喜悦的大事，有时在芮氏地震仪上显示出彻底的创伤；而可怕的悲痛有时让我们突然大笑起来。
8. The earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale shook Taiwan, causing severe damage to infrastructure in several cities.
   这个芮氏规模7.3的地震不但震撼了台湾，还在许多城市对基础建设造成严重的破坏。
9. But on December 27, international phone lines and internet connections across most of Asia almost collapsed when an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale hit off Taiwan's southern coast.
   但在2006年12月27日，连接多数亚洲国家的国际电话线路和互联网连接，由于一场震级为里氏6.7级的地震袭击台湾南部海域而几乎完全瘫痪。
10. No quake with a Richter scale reading of over 9.0 has been recorded.
    里氏震级表9.0级以上的地震还没有过记录。
11. The San Francisco earthquake registered 7.8 on the Richter scale, making it a major earthquake.
    那次旧金山发生地震的等级记录为芮氏7.8级，是一次非常大的地震。
12. Richter scale measurements, however, don't provide a direct calculation of yield.
    但是里氏震级测量法不能给出一个地震的直接数值。
13. At least four people were injured when an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted northern Taiwan.
    台湾北部发生震度达芮氏规模六点二级的地震，至少已经有四个人受伤。
14. This scale, commonly known as the Richter scale measures the ground motion caused by an earthquake.
    这个震级，一般称为里氏震级，可测量地震引起的地面运动。
15. Richter scale ( scale from 0 to 8 for measuring the intensity of earthquakes)
    里克特震级，里氏震级（测定地震强度的标度，从0到8级）。
16. In addition, investors are concerned about the effects of the9 Richter scale earthquake in Japan on the technology industry.
    此外，投资者对日本9级大地震对科技行业的影响感到担心，也是推动苹果股价下跌的原因之一。
17. The quake, which measured a revised 7.9 on the Richter scale, according to the US Geological Survey, was the most deadly suffered in China since 1976.
    美国地质调查局（GeologicalSurvey）已将此次地震规模修正为里氏7.9级，这是中国自1976年以来遭遇的最严重地震灾害。
18. The size of the earthquake itself, with that magnitude, according to the release of the earthquake wave energy flexibility to determine the size of magnitude, China's general use of the Richter scale.
    地震本身的大小，用震级表示，根据地震时释放的弹性波能量大小来确定震级，我国一般采用里氏震级。
19. The huge tremor was also followed by at least three strong aftershocks, the strongest of which measured 4.8 on the Richter scale.
    大地震之后至少出现了三起余震，其中最强一次有里氏4.8级。
20. Some might argue that on the Richter scale of ethical lapses this does not rate high.
    一些人可能认为，从道德败坏的里氏（richter）震级来看，这样做的震级并不高。
21. Possibility of a leak of radioactive material in Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station, that may be from the the earthquake of6.6 in Richter scale that will hit the region;
    芮氏规模6.6的地震将袭击日本本州的柏崎Kashiwazaki-Kariwa核电厂有可能发生泄漏的放射性的物质。
22. The quake is the most deadly in China since 1976, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, according to the United States Geological Survey.
    这场地震是中国自1976年以来最严重的地震。据美国地质调查局（UnitedStatesGeologicalSurvey）的测定，此次地震震级为里氏7.9级。
23. 'A price collapse of this magnitude really registers on the Richter scale, and its impact on levels of future investment will be felt for years,'said CERA Chairman Daniel Yergin in an interview.
    CERA的会长丹尼尔？叶金（DanielYergin）在接受采访时说，这种程度的油价暴跌真像是一场大地震，其对未来油气投资水平的影响将持续多年。
24. The Sichuan government repeated its official verdict, saying the collapses were caused solely by the force of the quake, which measured 7.9 on the Richter scale.
    四川省政府重申了其官方结论，称校舍垮塌纯系地震破坏力所致。这次地震的震级达到7.9级。
25. Influence of the on-the-spot factor on measurement value of Richter scale sclerometer
    现场因素对里氏硬度计测量值的影响
26. The moment magnitude scale measures the total energy released in an earthquake and it describes large earthquakes more accurately than does the Richter scale.
    力矩量级可以测量地震释放的总能量，并且用它来描述大地震比用里氏震级要精确得多。