When an earthquake measuring 2.2 on the Richter scale shook the area earlier this week, concerns arose about potential ...

invented the Richter Scale in 1935. The inventor was born on April 26, 1900. The Richter Scale measures the amount of energy released by an earthquake by measuring the magnitude or seismic waves ...

(WHTM) – Residents along much of the East Coast felt shaking Friday morning as a 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck New Jersey. One of the most commonly known earthquake-measuring tools is the Richter ...

April 26, 2025, marks the 125th birthday of Cincinnati native Charles Richter, the inventor of the Richter Scale. The seismologist, aka Earth scientist, invented the critical measurement tool to help ...

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