Charles Francis Richter
Charles Francis Richter
Charles Francis Richterwas an American seismologist and physicist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth26 April 1900
CountryUnited States of America
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Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field.
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These are usually described in the form of a design earthquake with a time history of the motion and shaking characteristics that are expected.
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So we tried to keep the interpretation of the 'size of the earthquake' as closely tied to the actual instrument observations involved as possible.
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At least there is progress of California toward building new construction according to earthquake-resistant design. We would have less reason to ask for earthquake prediction if this was universal.
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A good deal of my consulting work consists of site analysis for proposed developments. The problem of assessing seismic risk starts at the geological-geophysical end and winds up at the engineering end.
Logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.
I'm glad to see the press now referring to the open-ended Richter scale.