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the strength of an earthquake.

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What scale is used to record the damage of an earthquake?

Mercalli Scale is used!


Who compiled the mercalli scale?

The Mercalli Scale was developed by Italian seismologist Giuseppe Mercalli in 1902. It measures the intensity of an earthquake based on observed effects on people, buildings, and the environment.


What scale is used to record the damage caused by an earthquake?

The Modified Mercalli scale or in Europe, the Macroseismic Scale.


List the three scales that are used for measuring earthquake?

the Mercalli Scale, the Richter Scale, and the Moment Magnitude Scale


What is the modified Mercalli scale measure?

modified mercalli scale measure is type of seismograph that they made in the 1989


What was the modified mercalli scale reading in the Peru earthquake 2007?

the modified mercalli scale was VII-VIII


What measures an earthquake's intensity based on the observed effects on people and structures?

Richter scale, Modified Mercalli scale, Centigrade scale, and the Moment Magnitude scale


What are the functions of a mercalli scale?

it is used to measure the damage caused by an earthquake as oppose to energy released in the Richter scale


What are the Richter scale and the Mercalli scale?

different scales


What scale gives the intensity of earthquakes?

Richter scale is used to measure earthquakes magnitude Shake intensity is measured on the Mercalli scale


Do you measure earthquakes with Richter scale or the Mercalli scale?

The Richter scale


What is a intensity scale?

Mercalli is a scale for the measurement of earthquake intensities.