The Mercalli scale is subjective because it tells how much damage occurred at the location of the earthquake. What you think may be terrible damage I may think is minor in comparison to another earthquake.
Richter scale is used to measure earthquakes magnitude Shake intensity is measured on the Mercalli scale
Richter scale, Modified Mercalli scale, Centigrade scale, and the Moment Magnitude scale
The Richter scale determines earthquake magnitude by measuring how much the ground moves, and the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale determines earthquake intensity based on damage to buildings and effects on humans.
No. The scale you are describing is an intensity scale such as the modified Mercalli scale. The Richter scale is in fact a magnitude scale which describes the amount of energy released by an earthquake.
There are three: Mercalli, for intensity ergo the damages it produce and how it fells; Richter, to know the energy that is released in the epicenter; Moment Magnitude Scale, is a modern version of the Richter scale. I also think there is other version of the mercalli scale, with obviously other name, but I am not totally sure.
The Richter scale
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The Richter scale pf the Kobe earthquake is 7.2, and it corresponds to 11 on the Mercalli scale, as it measures the destruction of the earthquake.
the mercalli scale uses roman numerals and measures how much damage there was in the earthquake. the richter scale uses a needle with ink and does sort of a line graph and measures the magnitude of an earthquake.
Richter scale is used to measure earthquakes magnitude Shake intensity is measured on the Mercalli scale
the Richter scale, Mercalli scale, and Moment Magnitude scale
Richter scale, Modified Mercalli scale, Centigrade scale, and the Moment Magnitude scale
TheRichter Scale created by Charles Richter and the Mercalli Scale created by Giuseppe Mercalli.
Technically, you can't tell damage from the Richter Scale, because the Richter Scale rating of an earthquake stays the same no mater how far out you go from the epicenter. The scale that measures the damage of an earthquake (meaning the scale rating gets lower the further you go from the epicenter) is called the Mercalli Scale. The Mercalli Scale goes from II to XII (2 to 12) and the rating on the Mercalli Scale in which damage starts to occur is about 6. However, if you are going by the Richter Scale, damage at the epicenter would start at about 5.0
the Mercalli Scale, the Richter Scale, and the Moment Magnitude Scale
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