What is National Richter Scale Day?
National Richter Scale Day, April 26th, each year, honors the birth of the Richter Scale entrepreneur, Charles F. Richter (April 26, 1900 – September 30, 1985). Richter Scale, Inc.
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.
It became the first measure of earthquake severity after releasing the Richter Scale in 1935.. Other magnitude scales have been created since 1935. Different scales are used depending on the amount of information available. However, most are not as widely 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. It is measured 9.5 on the Richter Scale and is regarded as the Great Chilean Earthquake.
