When is National Richter Scale Day?
Wednesday April 26th(April 26, 1900 – September 30, 1985): On April 26th, each year honors the birth of the Richter Scale entrepreneur, Charles F. Richter (April 26, 1900 – September 30, 1985).
Richter was both an American seismologist and physicist most well-known as the earliest physicist who characterized earthquake size.. Richter first used the scale in 1935 while working at the California Institute of Technology with Beno Gutenberg.
After releasing the Richter Scale in 1935, it became the industry's standard measure of earthquake intensity. Since 1935, other magnitude scales have been created. Depending on the amount of information available, different scales are used. However, many of them are not as well known as Richter Scale as Richter Scale.
According to United States Geological Service reports, the most notable earthquake since 1900 was in Chile in May 1960.. On the Richter Scale, it is measured as the Great Chilean Earthquake.
