Paper 1 · People, Development and Environment
The Richter scale measures
AThe number of deaths
BThe size of its epicentre
CThe energy released by an earthquake ✓ Correct
DThe body-wave count
Correct answer: (C) The energy released by an earthquake — The Richter scale measures the energy released by an earthquake, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The Richter scale measures the energy released by an earthquake, so that is the answer.
★The Richter scale gives an earthquake a number for its strength.
★That number reflects how much energy the earthquake releases.
★So the Richter scale measures the energy released by an earthquake.
★It does not measure deaths or the size of the epicentre.
★So the answer is the energy released by an earthquake.
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