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Oct 07, 1850 Vienna, Austria Died on 20 Aug 1912 (aged 61)
Austrian geologist
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About Rudolf Hoernes
- Rudolf Hoernes (7 October 1850 – 20 August 1912) was an Austrian geologist, born in Vienna.
- He studied under Eduard Suess and became a Professor of geology in Graz.
- He was known for his earthquake studies in 1878 and proposed a classification of earthquakes into subsidence earthquakes, volcanic earthquakes and tectonic earthquakes.
- In 1893 he published a detailed textbook on earthquake theory (Erdbebenkunde) from a geological point of view.
