| In October an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck Japan's Niigata prefecture. |
| Nine on the Richter scale indicates an earthquake of absolutely awesome destructive power. |
| Metacom, Richter points out, willingly assumed an English name, Philip, and he and his Wampanoag followers raised hogs. |
| Last September, Taiwan suffered a massive earthquake which measured 7.3 on the Richter scale. |
| The layers of abstract colour in her current work recalls another German painter, Gerhard Richter. |
| First, although he was apparently quite familiar with electrical discharge physics, Richter must have been unfamiliar with nuclear physics. |
