Kiyoo Wadati
Japanese seismologist · Japan · On the map · Writers · Lived 1902 to 1995 · aged 92
Kiyoo Wadati was an early seismologist at the Central Meteorological Observatory of Japan, researching deep earthquakes. His name is attached to the Wadati-Benioff zone.
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1995Died5 January 19951985Order of CultureAward1971Person of Cultural MeritAward1932Imperial Prize of Japan AcademyAward1902Born8 September 1902
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It was Wadati's 1928 paper on shallow and deep earthquakes, comparing maximum below surface displacement against distance from the epicentre, which led Charles Richter to develop his earthquake magnitude scale in 1935.
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Japan
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Writers
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Deceased
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Lived 1902 to 1995 · aged 92
