Nothing Is Less Predictable Than The Development

If One Introduces The Concept Of Energy Of An Earthquake Then That Is A Theoretically Derived Quantity.

It Is A Common Remark That Men Talk Most Who Think Least; Just As Frogs Cease Their Quacking When A Light Is Brought To The Water-side.

Only Fools, Liars, And Charlatans Predict Earthquakes

[in Plotting Earthquake Measurements] The Range Between The Largest And Smallest Magnitudes Seemed Unmanageably Large. Dr. Beno Gutenberg Then Made The Natural Suggestion To Plot The Amplitudes Logarithmically.

Lately There Have Been Complaints That The Use Of The Magnitude Scale Is Confusing, Or At Least The Reporting Of Magnitudes In The Newspapers 'confuses The Public.