Multiple choice general knowledge

What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?

  1. Charles Richter

  2. Hiram Walker

  3. Giuseppe Mercalli

  4. Joshua Rumble
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Explanation

Charles Richter developed the Richter magnitude scale in 1935 at CalTech to measure earthquake magnitude. The scale is logarithmic, meaning each whole number increase represents approximately 31.6 times more energy release and 10 times more ground motion.

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