里克特

Lǐkètè

proper noun #70,268

Meanings

1 Richter (surname)
2 Charles Francis Richter (1900-1985), American seismologist who devised the Richter scale

Characters

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Examples

HSK 5

里克特是美国著名的地震学家。

Lǐkètè shì Měiguó zhùmíng de dìzhènxuéjiā.

Richter is a famous American seismologist.

HSK 7-9

这次地震里克特震级达到了7.2级。

Zhècì dìzhèn Lǐkètè zhènjí dádào le qī diǎn èr jí.

This earthquake reached magnitude 7.2 on the Richter scale.

Tips

history

Charles Richter co-developed the magnitude scale with Beno Gutenberg at Caltech in 1935, originally just for Southern California quakes. Modern seismology now mostly uses the moment magnitude scale (Mw), but news media still call it 'the Richter scale'.

Stroke Order

里 lǐ

克 kè

特 tè