DOI: 10.1785/bssa0250010001. An instrumental earthquake magnitude scale*

An instrumental earthquake magnitude scale*

10.1785/bssa0250010001

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Seismological Society of America (SSA)

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (790)

Abstract

AbstractSummary

Bibliography

Richter, C. F. (1935). An instrumental earthquake magnitude scale*. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 25(1), 1â32.

Authors 1

Charles F. Richter (first)

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Dates

Type	When
Created	4 years, 3 months ago (May 19, 2021, 1:16 p.m.)
Deposited	2 years, 7 months ago (Dec. 27, 2022, 7:26 p.m.)
Indexed	4 days, 19 hours ago (Aug. 20, 2025, 8:28 a.m.)
Issued	90 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 1, 1935)
Published	90 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 1, 1935)
Published Online	90 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 1, 1935)
Published Print	90 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 1, 1935)

Funders 0

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BibTeX

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