Death Quote by Randall Munroe

“With each integer on the Richter scale, there is a tenfold increase in the number of earthquakes that occur annually. On average, there is…

— Marcia Bjornerud

In terms of the Richter scale this defeat was a force 8 gale.

— John Lyall

I couldn't help but be impressed by the magnitude of the earthquake.

— Dan Quayle

The most remarkable feature about the magnitude scale was that it worked at all and that it could be extended on a worldwide basis.…

— Charles Francis Richter

The earthquake, however, must be to every one a most impressive event: the earth, considered from our earliest childhood as the type of solidity,…

— Charles Darwin

Incidentally, the usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in…

— Charles Francis Richter

What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved…

— Charles Francis Richter

The idea of an Earth Quake really shakes me up.

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

The usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in extending…

— Charles Francis Richter

There are two kinds of great power which can shake the earth: Mega earthquakes and big ideas!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Earthquakes may be brought about because wind is caught up in the earth, so the earth is dislocated in small masses and is continually…

— Epicurus

I experienced the California Northridge Earthquake of 1994 and the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980, and I have thus seen firsthand how…

— Paul Watson