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 was the seismologist and physicist most well-known as the earliest physicist who measured 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. Since 1935, other magnitude scales have been built. Different scales are used based on the amount of available data. However, most are not as well known as Richter Scale as Richter Scale.
According to the United States Geological Service reports, the most significant earthquake since 1900 was in Chile in May 1960. It is measured at 9.5 on the Richter Scale and is known as the Great Chilean Earthquake.
