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Seismicity is a measure encompassing earthquake occurrences, mechanisms, and magnitude at a given geographical location.[1] As such, it summarizes a region's seismic activity. The term was coined by Beno Gutenberg and Charles Francis Richter in 1941. Seismicity is studied by geophysicists.
- ^ Stacey, Frank (2008). Physics of the Earth (4 ed.). Cambridge, UK: CUP.[page needed]