Sekiya Seikei | |
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Born | Japan | 28 January 1855
Died | 8 January 1896 Japan | (aged 40)
Nationality | Japanese |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geology and Seismology |
Sekiya Seikei (関谷 清景, 28 January 1855 – 8 January 1896), alternatively Sekiya Kiyokage, was a Japanese geologist, one of the first seismologists, influential in establishing the study of seismology in Japan and known for his model showing the motion of an earth-particle during an earthquake.[1]