Charles Richter was born on April 26, 1900 in Overpeck, Ohio, grandparents in the nineteenth century. In the middle of the twentieth century they migrated from Germany. His parents divorced early. He was nine years old when they moved to Los Angeles with her mother and grandfather.
After high school studies, he studied physics at Stanford University and then theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology. We may think that Los Angeles has often suffered an earthquake over time due to the rocks that move along the fracture of Saint Andrew, and soon his attention turned into geology and earthquake. This is not the case.
Say with earthquakes
Although he was not interested or barely the earthquake, he took a physical in 1927 in the laboratory of the earthquakes, where he was absorbed by earthquake.
It took only eight years to get from scratch until the Richter scale was created.
The Foundation dealt with the index of earthquakes in southern California, especially insertion lists on the basis of the epicenter of the earthquake and dates. His colleague, Beno Gottenberg, asked about the creation of a kind of strength, but despite the experience, the difference between the earthquakes was so huge that it was impossible to compare it.
After that, two great ideas prompted them during the period of stagnation:
- Richter came to use the size of earthquakes, a unit for measuring the brightness of heavenly bodies;
- Gothenburg suggested that labromatoids measured in millimeters are photographed as a function of the earthquake center.
And Richter-SAMPLE
In 1935, the Richter and Guteenberg developed an earthquake meter, which is still being used, which is used to determine the energy issued by the earthquake objectively. The earthquake strength is determined from the largest discrimination and distance from the center of the earthquake to earthquakes. Thus, the scale is open up, that is, not the maximum, although there is no value above 10.
The scale is characterized by one unit of height in pop -up energy is about 30 times the difference. Thus, the Richter scale has a 7 -time earthquake of more than 6 times more than 6, and about 900 times stronger than the 5 -force ground movement. This explains why most energy is launched on a few large earthquakes, not hundreds of thousands of younger.
According to the degrees of the Richter scale:
- 1-2: It is measured only by tools;
- 3: It is rarely felt, and only the center of the earthquake is approaching;
- 4-5: Slaughtering chandeliers, roar, rarely damage;
- 6: Claiming deaths in densely populated areas and causes severe damage;
- 7: A strong earthquake that can lead to disasters;
- 8: A very strong earthquake with very serious damage;
- 9: An unusual destruction, the scene changes.
Tens of thousands of smaller earthquakes are measured daily on the ground, but for example, the eighth earthquake occurs only once a year, and 9 on average every twenty years.
Cats do not always run out
Richter has become obsessed with earthquakes. He devoted almost his entire life to earthquakes. Seismograph is usually provided in the living room every hour around the world’s earthquakes. Russian, Italian, French, Spanish, German, and some of them are Japanese to monitor the latest discipline.
Depending on his research, the tower houses building are moderated above thirty floors.
He had a lot of head about how to predict earthquakes. He could not find a solution either. One of the reasons behind this is the calculation of the movement of rock blocks, we must know precisely the depths of rock tensions. However, at the present time, it can only be measured on the surface with appropriate accuracy and many other parameters needed to predict.
It is known that what a total of a mine has failed so far in the next catastrophe: in 1042 (!) In Tebriz in Iran, the Fortune-Teeller team predicted huge earthquakes, causing great destruction in the city. The leaders and residents of the settlement welcomed the prophecy with a satirical joke, which actually occurred a few days later. Forty people were victims of disaster.
It was also noted that the cats disappeared from the houses in Los Angeles one day before the earthquake. But most of the time there are no signs, cats are not running out of buildings, and at other times, after certain signs, the earthquake is missed.
Returning to Richter, he had a few emotions alongside earthquakes. For example, he loved classic music, hair and climbing, and was a great fan of the Star Trek series. In addition, he was so convinced that his wife was divorced.
(Cover: Dr. Charles Richter. Photo: Bettmann Archive / Getty Images)
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