Charles Francis Richter
Charles Francis Richter (
April 26,
1900 -
April 20,
1985), was an
American seismologist, born in
Hamilton,
Ohio. He is most famous as the creator of the
Richter Magnitude Scale, which quantifies the size of
earthquakes. He first used the scale in
1935. He developed the scale in collaboration with Beno Gutenberg; both worked at the
California Institute of Technology.
