The Richter scale was developed in 1935 by American seismologist Charles Richter (1891-1989) as a way of quantifying the magnitude, or strength, of earthquakes.

Here’s five things you may not know about Richter. Richter was a Buckeye, born in Hamilton near Cincinnati in 1900. After his parents divorced, his grandfather raised him in California. He lived ...

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.

THE destructive power of earthquakes is measured in different ways, but the one most people have heard of is the Richter scale. Here’s how the force is calculated – and what it means if… ...

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

THE destructive power of earthquakes is measured in different ways, but the one most people have heard of is the Richter scale. Here’s how the force is calculated – and what it means if… ...

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.

April 26 is the birthday of Seismologist Charles Richter, co-creator with Beno Gutenberg of the Richter Scale, which measures the intensity of earthquakes.

In fact, the Richter scale was replaced in the 1970s by other magnitude scales that are more accurate. Even though it’s outdated, the term is still used often when discussing earthquakes.