Gutenberg–Richter law
Ley de Gutenberg-Richter
- Date
- 1944 · confidence high
- Place
- Pasadena, California, United States
- Credited to
- Charles Francis Richter y Beno Gutenberg
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
Seismology empirical law relating earthquake magnitude to the total number of earthquakes of at least that magnitude in a given region and time period, formulated by Beno Gutenberg and Charles Francis Richter.
What it led to
- Quantitative assessment of regional seismic risk
- Statistical basis for estimating recurrence periods of large earthquakes
- Link to the Richter magnitude scale developed by the same authors
- Applications in earthquake engineering and building codes