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Gutenberg was born in Darmstadt , Germany and obtained his Ph.D. from University Of Göttingen in 1911 . He then held positions at German University Of Strasbourg and University Of Frankfurt-am-Main until he joined Caltech in 1929 .

Collaborating with Richter, developed a relationship between seismic magnitude and energy, represented in the equation logE(S) = 11.8 + 1.5M. This gives the energy E(s) given from earthquakes from seismic waves in Erg s.

He also worked on determining the depth of the core-mantle boundary as well as other properties of the interior of the earth.


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