Disasters and their scales
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Ritcher Scale
Earthquakes- 0 imperceivable, 9 cause unbelievable damage
effective for regional earthquake no greater than M5
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Moment Magnitude Scale
What we normally use to calculate earthquakes. Moment Magnitude better for larger earthquakes
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Volcano Explosivity Index
Volcanos- goes from 0-8. 8 being bigg explosion
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Beaufort Scale
Goes from 0-12 and measures wind speed and waves
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Saffir Simpson Scale
Measures Hurricanes 1-5. 0 being not bad.. 5 being catastrphic over 250mph
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Enhanced Fujita Scale
Tornado scale 1-5. 5 being devastating. over 200 mph winds
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Torro Scale
Hail Storms/Tornados- 1-10.. 10 being catastrphic
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Torino Scale
Impacts- 0-10 scale, 10 causing global climatic catastrophe
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