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如何给里氏震级概念出现之前的地震确定里氏震级？ How do you give a Richter magnitude to earthquakes that occurred prior to the scale? | ||
里氏震级是测量地动的单位。 The Richter Scale is a measure of ground motion. | ||
震级和烈度度量地震的不同特征。 Magnitude and Intensity measure different characteristics of earthquakes. | ||
地震的烈度和震级之间有什么区别？ What is the difference between intensity scales and magnitude scales? | ||
你的神经抽搐可以用里氏震级量度。 Your nervous twitch registers on the Richter scale. | ||
震级是一种测量震源的方法，并且和个人的地理位置，震感无关。里克特震级测量是能观测到的最大震幅。 It is a measure of the size of the earthquake source and is the same number no matter where you are or what the shaking feels like. | ||
仅仅0.6的震级差异，在这里的规模却是如此巨大！ The difference of this 0.6 in Richter's scale is so gigantic! | ||
震级为6.2，震源在市中心下约5方公里的深度。 With a magnitude of 6.2, it occurred at a depth of about 5 kilometers beneath the center of the city. | ||
但余震震级大于主震，这实属罕见，虽然之前也听说过。 It is rare, though not unheard of, to have an earthquake followed by a larger aftershock. | ||
汶川地震在里氏震级的记录中为8级，是一场大地震。 The Wenchuan earthquake registered 8 on the Richter magnitude scale, making it a major earthquake. | ||
