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Hiroo Kanamori, the Japanese scientist who created the scale that replaced Richter's (and why it's better to measure large magnitude earthquakes)

Reported by 4 outlets from 4 countries, in 1 language, on 10 Oct 2026.

Headline translated automatically from Spanish by a model run by echoblic. Original headline (BBC News Mundo): « Hiroo Kanamori, el científico japonés que creó la escala que reemplazó a la de Richter (y por qué es mejor para medir terremotos de gran magnitud) » (approximate translation)

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Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese seismologist

Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese seismologist. This image does not show the event itself. · Photo : Christopher Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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A Japanese seismologist, Hiroo Kanamori, who is described as a "living legend" in seismology, created the scale that replaced the Richter scale. This scale, known as the "moment magnitude scale," is used to measure earthquakes. BBC Mundo spoke with Kanamori and his close collaborator, the Colombian scientist Luis Rivera.

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  1. Hiroo Kanamori, el científico japonés que creó la escala que reemplazó a la de Richter (y por qué es mejor para medir terremotos de gran magnitud) Headline of the event's most representative article · BBC News Mundo, 10 Oct 2026
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  3. Reported by 4 outlets from 4 countries, in 1 language, on 10 Oct 2026.4 articles · See all headlines

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