An instrumental earthquake magnitude scale*

1935/01/01 by C. F. Richter · 19 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Computer Science · Mathematics · #earthquake and tectonic studies #Earthquake Detection and Analysis #Seismology and Earthquake Studies #Magnitude (astronomy) #Richter magnitude scale #Seismology #Geology #Scale (ratio) #Geodesy #Geography #Mathematics #Physics #Cartography #Scaling #Geometry #Astronomy

paper · doi:10.1785/bssa0250010001

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