Did you feel that? Impact of Richter Scale inventor and Ohio native Charles Richter still being felt on 125th birthday in ...

The largest earthquake ever recorded was in Chile in 1960, it measured 9.5 on the Richter scale.

One such system that gained universal recognition is the Richter Scale. Developed in 1935 by Charles Richter, the Richter Scale introduced a mathematical approach to measuring local earthquakes.