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Chan Heng, Chinese Scienist
Heng invented the first seismoscope an instrument that could index the occurrence of an earthquake. -
Period: 132 to
Important People in Seismology
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Robert Mallet, Ireland
Mallet presented to the Royal Irish Academy his paper, "On the Dynamics of Earthquakes",[ which is considered to be one of the basics of modern seismology. He is also credited with making the word "seismology" -
Gilbert Grove, American
Gilbert discovered that earthquakes usually center around a fault line. -
John Milne
Milne an English seismologist created the 'horizontal pendulum seismograph.' -
Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian
This scale uses the observations of the people who experienced the earthquake to estimate its intensity. -
Harry Fielding Reid, American
Harry F. Reid, a geogolist that originated the "elastic rebound" theory of earthquakes on the basis of the 1906 data from the Great San Francisco Earthquake. -
Charles F. Richter, American
In 1935, Richter developed the 'Richter Scale.' It is also known as Richter magnitude scale. It is used to measure the intensity of the earthquake.
