Charles Francis Richter

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Charles Francis Richter was an American seismologist best known for developing the logarithmic scale that quantifies the magnitude of earthquakes.

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

Seismological Laboratory at Caltech

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Richter magnitude scale developedBy Charles Francis Richter
Charles Francis Richter hasNameInNativeLanguage Charles Francis Richter self-link
Richter magnitude scale namedAfter Charles Francis Richter