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  John Winthrop is known as one of the first people to make scientific studies of earthquakes.
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        In 1857, the first time-recording seismograph was built in Italy. - 
  
  
        Earthquakes from Japan to Germany were recorded by horizontal pendulum - 
  
  
        At Lick observatory in San Jose, California, the first seismograph was installed