“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
I suggested that we might compare earthquakes in terms of the measured amplitudes recorded at...#Charles Francis Richter
What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike...#Charles Francis Richter
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From here, it becomes an engineering problem; the engineer considers the ground motion that will...#Engineering
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