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

The 90-year-old Japanese seismologist is considered "a living legend" in seismology. BBC Mundo spoke to him and one of his closest collaborators, Colombian scientist Luis Rivera.

Published on RocksNews

10 Oct 2026, 16:58 UTC

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10 Oct 2026, 16:58 UTC

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