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> Charles Francis Richter
Charles Francis Richter
(
April 26
,
1900
–
April 20
,
1985
), was an
American
seismologist
, born in
Hamilton
,
Ohio
. He is most famous as the creator of the
Richter Magnitude Scale
, which quantifies the size of
earthquake
s. He first used the scale in
1935
. He developed the scale in collaboration with
Beno Gutenberg
; both worked at the
California Institute of Technology
.
External links
Caltech oral history interview
Richter, Charles
Richter, Charles
Richter, Charles
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