“I suggested that we might compare earthquakes in terms of the measured amplitudes recorded at these stations, with an appropriate correction for distance.Quote by Charles Francis RichterTopics: Quotes about Charles Francis RichterShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
Incidentally, the usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice...#Charles Francis Richter
For example, some stars put out large amounts of energy in the infrared part of...#Charles Francis Richter
I repeatedly have to correct this belief. In a sense, magnitude involves steps of 10...#Charles Francis Richter
From here, it becomes an engineering problem; the engineer considers the ground motion that will...#Engineering
By moving them vertically, a representative mean curve could be formed, and individual events were...#Charles Francis Richter
If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically...#Charles Francis Richter
In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many...#Charles Francis Richter
Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field.#Charles Francis Richter
We would have been happy if we could have assigned just three categories, large, medium,...#Charles Francis Richter
