Example sentences of "measuring [adj] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 1,000 people were killed when an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck northern Uttar Pradesh on Oct. 20 . |
| 2 | Three earthquakes struck Peru on April 5-6 , the severest of them ( measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale ) killing 35 people and injured 750 others in the northern jungle province of San Martín . |
| 3 | The earthquake , measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale — about the same intensity as the 1990 San Francisco ‘ quake — was centred around 30 kilometres south-west of the town of Tari , and ten kilometres from the Hides plant at Nogoli . |
| 4 | An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck the provincial capital of Erzincan in eastern Turkey on March 13 , killing up to 500 people . |
| 5 | An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the open Richter scale hit the Caribbean border region of Costa Rica and Panama on April 22 . |
| 6 | An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit parts of the North West Frontier Province on the morning of Feb. 1 . |
| 7 | An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck Flores and surrounding islands in the eastern province of Nusa Tenggara on Dec. 12 . |
| 8 | An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck northern Peru on May 29 , killing at least 101 people ; the UN Disaster Relief Office in Lima , the capital , estimated the possible death toll at 200 . |
| 9 | An earth tremor measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale has shaken a large part of Britain including Oxfordshire , causing people to flee their homes as chimneys collapsed and windows cracked . |
| 10 | At least 1,653 people died , over 3,000 were seriously injured and some 110,000 were made homeless by a powerful earthquake , measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale , which struck the northern Philippines on July 16 . |
| 11 | An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck southern California on June 28 , killing at least one person and injuring several others ; casualties were light because the epicentre of the 15-second tremor was deep beneath the San Gabriel Mountains , 65 km north of Los Angeles . |
| 12 | A severe earthquake , measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale , struck northern Georgia on April 30 . |