(WHTM) — 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 the early 1930s, the fi… ...

(WHTM) — Residents in Pennsylvania 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 Scale,… ...

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 ...

The scale is open-ended, with no upper limit, and allows for decimal values—so earthquakes can be rated as 4.6, 7.9, etc. Earthquake magnitude classification Micro (< 3.0): Usually not felt by ...

While the Richter Scale is widely recognized, modern seismologists prefer the moment magnitude scale for accurate measurement of earthquakes. Thursday, Jun 26, 2025. New Delhi o C.