“In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many buildings of this type; it is very frustrating to try to get rid of them.Quote by Charles Francis RichterTopics: Quotes about Charles Francis RichterShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
We would have been happy if we could have assigned just three categories, large, medium,...#Charles Francis Richter
I repeatedly have to correct this belief. In a sense, magnitude involves steps of 10...#Charles Francis Richter
As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could...#Charles Francis Richter
If the assumptions used in calculating energy are changed, then this seriously affects the final...#Charles Francis Richter
Emphasis was usually put on the horizontal acceleration factor, for the simple reason that ordinary...#Charles Francis Richter
What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike...#Charles Francis Richter
If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically...#Charles Francis Richter
Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field.#Charles Francis Richter
