“I repeatedly have to correct this belief. In a sense, magnitude involves steps of 10 because every increase of one magnitude represents a tenfold amplification of the ground motion. But there is no 'scale of 10' in the sense of an upper limit.Quote by Charles Francis RichterTopics: Quotes about Charles Francis RichterShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
Refining is inevitable in science when you have made measurements of a phenomenon for a...#Charles Francis Richter
Emphasis was usually put on the horizontal acceleration factor, for the simple reason that ordinary...#Charles Francis Richter
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Incidentally, the usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice...#Charles Francis Richter
I suggested that we might compare earthquakes in terms of the measured amplitudes recorded at...#Charles Francis Richter
