World Report: January 14, 2005 Vol. 10 Iss. 13

Mystery Person

Clue 1: I was a seismologist--a scientist who studies earthquakes--at the California Institute of Technology.

Clue 2: In 1935, I published the first system for measuring the comparative power of earthquakes.

Clue 3: This scale, named after me, is still used to describe the magnitude of earthquakes.

Who am I? _________________