Argentina regularly receives cold air from the south that can reach low latitudes owing to the influence of the Andes. Cold waves are often accompanied with severe snow storms or extremely cold conditions that can have a devastating impact on its economy.
The Richter Scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake which is  another way of describing the energy released in the earthquake.
Earthquakes: 1  The strength or force of an earthquake is measured on a Seismograph. 2  The scale used to describe this force is called the Richter Scale. This scale ranges from 1- 12. 3  People are still unable to predict when earthquakes will occur, but we can predict where the plates meet and could cause an earthquake.