Scientific Articles
Articles, poster and documentations dedicated to seismology and earthquakes that are not directly related to one of our products.
This list is far from being complete. It will be amended regularly.
Richter Magnitude Scale
The Richter magnitude scale measures the earthquake's energy in its center. This not necessarily equivalent to its destructive force. An earthquake of magnitude 6 close to the surface can be far more destructive than a magnitude 7 in 500 km depth. Because of such shortcomings various other scales are used. Nevertheless is the Richter scale the most popular. It has been named after the American seismologist Charles Richter who presented it in 1935.
The scale is logarithmic meaning a difference of 1 in magnitude is a factor of 31.6 in energy. A quake of magnitude 8 is therefore 1000 times more powerful as a quake of magnitude 6.
Do you know that the USA celebrates the Richter Scale Day every April 26?
Space Weather Recording in Alaska
(Ringler, A. T., R. E. Anthony, D. C. Wilson, A. C. Claycomb, and J. Spritzer, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 2020)
Recording of magnetic storms and other space weather events with Seismic sensors of the Alaska Transportable Array.
