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The Dutch kleine mile had the historical definition of one hour's walking (uur gaans), which was defined as 24 stadia, 3000 paces, or 15,000 Amsterdam or Rhineland feet (respectively 4,250 m or 4,710 m). The common Dutch mile was 32 stadia, 4,000 paces, or 20,000 feet (5,660 m or 6,280 m). The large mile was defined as 5000 paces. [41]
Rank Death toll Magnitude Location MMI Depth (km) Date Event 1: 141: 7.9: Indonesia, Bengkulu offshore : VI (Strong) 33.0: June 4: 2000 Enggano earthquake: 2: 54: 7.6: Indonesia, Central Sulawesi offshore
6.1 M s [17] January 30, 1934 Excelsior Mountains 6.5 M s [18] March 12, 1934 Great Salt Lake 6.6 M w 2 1934 Hansel Valley earthquake [18] July 6, 1954 Fallon: 6.8 M L Several sailors injured at a nearby Naval Auxiliary Air Station. 1954 Fallon earthquake [19] July 6, 1954 Fallon 6.2 M w Aftershock. [20] August 24, 1954 Stillwater 6.6 M w
The Richter scale [1] (/ ˈ r ɪ k t ər /), also called the Richter magnitude scale, Richter's magnitude scale, and the Gutenberg–Richter scale, [2] is a measure of the strength of earthquakes, developed by Charles Richter in collaboration with Beno Gutenberg, and presented in Richter's landmark 1935 paper, where he called it the "magnitude scale". [3]
0.1 miles (160 m) Unknown F3: WSW of Saltville: Washington, Smyth: VA: 09:00 8.4 miles (13.5 km) 177 yards (162 m) 1 death — Four mobile homes, two frame homes, and three barns were destroyed, and 42 houses were damaged. The fatality occurred in a mobile home. Four others were injured. F1: Beckley area Raleigh: WV: 09:25 0.1 miles (160 m ...
1–4 m 2: Area of the top of an office desk 10 1 10–20 m 2: A parking space 70 m 2: Approximate surface area of a human lung [28] 10 2: 1 square decametre (dam 2) 100 m 2: One are (a) 162 m 2: Size of a volleyball court (18 × 9 metres) [29] 202 m 2: Floor area of a median suburban three-bedroom house in the US in 2010: 2,169 sq ft (201.5 m ...
Earth radius (denoted as R 🜨 or R E) is the distance from the center of Earth to a point on or near its surface. Approximating the figure of Earth by an Earth spheroid (an oblate ellipsoid), the radius ranges from a maximum (equatorial radius, denoted a) of nearly 6,378 km (3,963 mi) to a minimum (polar radius, denoted b) of nearly 6,357 km (3,950 mi).
2.7 miles A yojana ( Devanagari : योजन; Khmer language : យោជន៍; [ 1 ] Thai : โยชน์ ; Burmese : ယူဇနာ ) is a measure of distance that was used in ancient India , Cambodia , Thailand and Myanmar .