magnitude n. 广大,巨大;伟大,重大,重要性;大小;积;量;【数学】量值;【天文学】(恒星的)等,等级,光度。 magnitude equation 【天文学】星等差。 magnitude of eclipse 【天文学】食分。 of the first magnitude(星的光度)(第)一等的;最大的;最重要的(人物等)。
Probably the best - known gauge of earthquake intensity is the local richter magnitude scale , developed in 1935 by united states seismologist charles f . richter 或许最著名的地震强度测量是区域里氏震级,是由美国地震学家查尔斯?里希特1935年确立的。
A massive earthquake measuring 9 . 0 on the richter magnitude scale creates a tsunami causing devastation in sri lanka , india , indonesia , thailand , malaysia , the maldives and many other areas around the rim of the indian ocean 2004年的今天,一场大里氏9 . 0级的大地震在斯里兰卡、印度、印度尼西亚、泰国、马来西亚、马尔代夫等印度洋边缘地区引发了破坏性的海啸。
百科解释
The Richter magnitude scale (often shortened to Richter scale) was developed to assign a single number to quantify the energy released during an earthquake.