A good deal of my consulting work consists of site analysis for proposed developments. The problem of assessing seismic risk starts at the geological-geophysical end and winds up at the engineering end.
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So we tried to keep the interpretation of the 'size of the earthquake' as closely tied to the actual instrument observations involved as possible.Charles Francis Richter
For example, some stars put out large amounts of energy in the infrared part of the spectrum, so that this can produce a different relative magnitude rating than using light energy from the middle of the spectrum.
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I suggested that we might compare earthquakes in terms of the measured amplitudes recorded at these stations, with an appropriate correction for distance.
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I was lucky because logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.
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In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many buildings of this type; it is very frustrating to try to get rid of them.
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