IFSC (Indian Financial System Code) is a 11 digit alpha numeric code issued by the RBI (Reserve Bank Of India). This is a unique code provided to each bank branch for easy identification of individual bank branches in India.
The incredible earthquake detector invented nearly 2,000 years ago. (Read the article on one page) Although we still cannot accurately predict earthquakes, we have come a long way in detecting, recording, and measuring seismic shocks. Many donât realise that this process began nearly 2000 years ago, with the invention of the first seismoscope in 132 AD by a Chinese inventor called Zhang (âChangâ) Heng.
William Menke, a seismologist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, explains. The Richter scale was developed in 1935 by American seismologist Charles Richter (1891-1989) as a way of quantifying the magnitude, or strength, of earthquakes. Richter, who was studying earthquakes in California at the time, needed a simple way to precisely express what is qualitatively obvious: some earthquakes are small and others are large.