ANCIENT, CLASSIC AND MODERN

DEVICES FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF EARTHQUAKE'S MAGNITUDE

A C O B A , B I TA N G A , C E R I N C E , PA C A R D O , TCIE 4-2
SALAZAR
 WHAT IS A
SEISMOGRAPH?
measures and records
details of earthquakes,
such as force and
duration.
 TIMELINE OF DEVICES

ANCIENT PERIOD CLASSICAL MODERN

PERIOD PERIOD
ANCIENT PERIOD
 ZHANG’S SEISMOSCOPE/HOUFENG
DIDONG YI

ANCIENT PERIOD

• INVENTED BY ZHANG HENG IN A.D. 132

 ZHANG’S SEISMOSCOPE/HOUFENG
DIDONG YI HOW IT WORKS?

• One or more of • The direction of

the eight the shaking is
dragon mouths determined by
would release a which of the
ball into the dragon’s head
open mouth of released its
the toad sitting ball.
below.
CLASSICAL PERIOD
 WATER AND MERCURY SEISMOGRAPH

CLASSICAL PERIOD

• INVENTED BY LUIGI PALMIERI IN 1855

 WATER AND HOW IT WORKS?
MERCURY
SEISMOGRAPH • The mercury would move
and make electrical
contact that stopped a
clock and started a
recording drum on which
the motion of a float on the
surface of mercury was
recorded.
 FIRST PRACTICAL SEISMOGRAPH

CLASSICAL PERIOD

• INVENTED BY JOHN MILNE IN 1880

HOW FIRST PRACTICAL SEISMOGRAPH WORKS
• Record seismic waves

• Contains a weight and a pen

attached to a spring HOW FIRST
PRACTICAL
• Bolted to the ground so during
an earthquake it moves with SEISMOGRAPH
the ground WORKS
• Pen moves across a rotating
paper roll
MODERN PERIOD
 SEISMOGRAPH MACHINE

MODERN PERIOD

• IMPROVED BY JOHN MILNE IN

1880-1910
 HOW SEISMOGRAPH MACHINE WORKS?
• Converts the
relative motions
• Can determine
into electrical
the magnitude,
signals and then
duration, and
records it by a
the epicenter of
stylus onto paper by
the earthquake.
magnetic tape or
computer
 RICHTER SCALE

MODERN PERIOD

• DEVISED IN 1935 BY AMERICAN

SEISMOLOGISTS CHARLES F. RICHTER AND
BENO GUTENBERG.
RICHTER SCALE
RICHTER
SCALE
SUMMARY
 SUMMARY

1855 1880-1910
CLASSICAL MODERN
PERIOD PERIOD

A.D. 132
1880 1935-PRESENT
ANCIENT
PERIOD
CLASSICAL MODERN
PERIOD PERIOD
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