“Incidentally, the usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in extending the scale to apply to earthquakes in all parts of the world.Quote by Charles Francis RichterTopics: Quotes about Charles Francis RichterShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike...#Charles Francis Richter
I repeatedly have to correct this belief. In a sense, magnitude involves steps of 10...#Charles Francis Richter
Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field.#Charles Francis Richter
Intensity like signal strength will generally fall off with distance from the source, although it...#Charles Francis Richter
This is very similar to astronomy where different magnitudes are assigned to the brightness of...#Charles Francis Richter
By moving them vertically, a representative mean curve could be formed, and individual events were...#Charles Francis Richter
For example, some stars put out large amounts of energy in the infrared part of...#Charles Francis Richter
As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could...#Charles Francis Richter
