Richter, Charles F. (1935) An instrumental earthquake magnitude scale. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 25 (1). pp. 1-32. ISSN 0037-1106. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140804-143558638
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Abstract
In the course of historical or statistical study of earthquakes in any given region it is frequently desirable to have a scale for rating these shocks in terms of their original energy, independently of the effects which may be produced at any particular point of observation. On the suggestion of Mr. H. O. Wood, it is here proposed to refer to such a scale as a "magnitude" scale. This terminology is offered in distinction from the name "intensity" scale, now in general use for such scales as the Rossi-Forel and Mercalli-Cancani scales, which refer primarily to the local intensity of shock manifestation.
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