Kate Hutton

Kate Hutton

female
Tremors, Penn State University alumni, Earthquake Lady, Seismology, University of Maryland, College Park alumni, University of Maryland, College Park…Seismologist
Kate Hutton, nicknamed the Earthquake Lady or Dr. Kate, is staff seismologist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California....
Hiroo Kanamori

Hiroo Kanamori

male, 73 years old
fault, Geologic fault, Richter magnitude scale, Geophysicist, moment magnitude scale, Seismologist
Hiroo Kanamori is a seismologist who has made fundamental contributions to understanding the physics of earthquakes and the tectonic processes that...
Beno Gutenberg

Beno Gutenberg

male, deceased (1960)
Caltech, Richter magnitude scale, University of Strasbourg, Gustav Angenheister, potsdam, energy…Seismologist
Beno Gutenberg was a German-born seismologist who made several important contributions to the science. He was a colleague of Charles Francis...

Susan Hough

female
Biographer, Earthshaking Science, Susan Elizabeth Hough, Charles Richter, University of California, Berkeley alumni, University of California, Berkeley…Seismologist
Susan Elizabeth Hough (born 1961) is a seismologist at the United States Geological Survey in Pasadena, California, and scientist in change of the...
Inge Lehmann

Inge Lehmann

female, deceased (1993)
scientist, american geophysical union, earth, Earth scientist, P waves, solid core…Seismologist, dedicated and thorough observational seismologist
Inge Lehmann (May 13, 1888 - February 21, 1993), Fellow of the Royal Society (London) 1969, was a Danish seismologist who, in 1936, argued that the...
John Milne

John Milne

male, deceased (1913)
engineer, Geologist, inventor, Seismologist, O-yatoi gaikokujin, English
John Milne (1850 - 1913) was the English geologist and mining engineer who invented the seismograph.
Charles Francis Richter

Charles Francis Richter

male, deceased (1985)
moment magnitude scale, American, Seismologist, california institute of technology, hamilton, devil
Charles Francis Richter (April 26, 1900 - September 30, 1985), was an American seismologist, born in Hamilton, Ohio. Richter is most famous as the...
Bruce Bolt

Bruce Bolt

male, deceased (2005)
Pancreatic cancer death, Earth scientist, Geophysicist, Seismologist, University of California, Berkeley, Seismology
Bruce Bolt (born February 15, 1930 - died July 21, 2005) was a Professor of Earth and Planetary Science at the University of California, Berkeley....
John Vidale

John Vidale

male
University of Washington, John Emilio Vidale, Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, agu, Yale, usgs…Seismologist
John Emilio Vidale (March 15, 1959 -) is an American-born seismologist who has examined numerous seismograms and has made several minor...
Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

male
scientist, Seismologist, American, richter scale, us geological survey, American seismologist
Tom Hanks is an American seismologist who works for the US Geological Survey (USGS). In 1979, Hanks and Hiroo Kanamori suggested the use of moment...