US seismologist (7)

I believe the answer is:

richter

(Other definitions for richter that I've seen before include "Scale for measuring earth tremors" , "Seismologist" , "Earthquakes are measured on this scale" , "Earthquake scale" , "This scale measures earth tremors" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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