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 Francis Richter and presented in his 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 .
Morocco earthquake: Cristiano Ronaldo’s hotel offers shelter, Hakimi donates blood to survivors
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The seismic shock measured 6.8 magnitude on the Richter Scale, which measures the power of earthquakes, and has left over 800 dead..
