The Richter scale was developed in the 1935 by seismologists Charles Francis Richter and Beno Gutenberg as a way of measuring the magnitude of earthquakes.

While the Richter Scale is widely recognized, modern seismologists prefer the moment magnitude scale for accurate measurement of earthquakes.

The two systems work in similar ways and are roughly equivalent numerically, so some laymen still informally refer to the Richter scale when talking of magnitude.

The Richter scale, developed by the American geologist Charles Richter in the 1930s, is a "logarithmic" scale, which means that each one-point increase on the scale represents a tenfold increase ...

While the Richter Scale is widely recognized, modern seismologists prefer the moment magnitude scale for accurate measurement of earthquakes.

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When a rare 5.9-magnitude earthquake rocked the East Coast this week, it reminded many of the old Richter scale, which was until recently the main way temblors were measured. Although Charles ...