Richter scale

Measure of an earthquake's strength

The Richter scale, also called the Richter magnitude scale, Richter's magnitude scale, and the Gutenberg–Richter scale, is a measure of the strength of earthquakes, developed by Charles Richter in collaboration with Beno Gutenberg, and presented in Richter's landmark 1935 paper, where he called it the "magnitude scale". This was later revised and renamed the local magnitude scale, denoted as ML or ML .

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Himachal Pradesh experienced a mild tremor in Kangra on Monday night, measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale, with a depth of 10 kilometers. This occurred shortly..
Credit: IndiaTimes - Published 2 days ago

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