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instanceOf
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human
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physicist
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seismologist
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awardReceived
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Franklin Medal
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Gold Medal of the Seismological Society of America
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causeOfDeath
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congestive heart failure
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coDeveloperWith
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Beno Gutenberg
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countryOfCitizenship
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United States of America
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dateOfBirth
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1900-04-26
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dateOfDeath
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1985-09-30
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describedBySource
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American National Biography
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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developed
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Richter magnitude scale
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educatedAt
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California Institute of Technology
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Stanford University
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employer
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California Institute of Technology
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familyName
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Richter
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fieldOfWork
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earthquake measurement
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geophysics
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seismology
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genre
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scientific literature
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givenName
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Charles
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hasAcademicDiscipline
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earthquake engineering
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hasInfluenced
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earthquake-resistant building codes
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global seismic hazard assessment
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hasNameInNativeLanguage
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Charles Francis Richter
self-link
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influenced
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modern earthquake magnitude scales
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influencedBy
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Beno Gutenberg
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knownFor
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developing the Richter magnitude scale
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quantifying earthquake magnitude with a logarithmic scale
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languageOfWorkOrName
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English
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memberOf
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Seismological Society of America
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middleName
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Francis
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nativeLanguage
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English
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notableStudent
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Hiroo Kanamori
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notableWork
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Elementary Seismology
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Richter magnitude scale
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occupation
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physicist
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seismologist
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placeOfBirth
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Overpeck, Ohio, United States of America
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placeOfDeath
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Pasadena
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surface form:
Pasadena, California, United States of America
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residence
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Pasadena
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surface form:
Pasadena, California, United States of America
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scaleType
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logarithmic scale for earthquake magnitude
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sexOrGender
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male
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workLocation
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Pasadena
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surface form:
Pasadena, California
Seismological Laboratory at Caltech
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