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.
The Richter Scale is a Magnitude scale-it is used to calculate the magnitude of small and medium sized earthquakes (those with a magnitude less than 7). The other scales mos â¦ t commonly used for recording Earthquakes are the Moment Magnitude Scale and the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale.