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Who was the scientist who invented the scale to measure earthquakes?
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∙ 13y ago
Earthquake intensity is measured using the Modified Mercalli Scale. The scale indicates the perceived damage from an earthquake. These parameters are subjective: they depend on the conditions of buildings and the opinions of witnesses. To make the scale more objective, the US Geological Survey also use measurements of ground accelerations to measure earthquake intensity.
Earthquake magnitude is measured using the Richter magnitude scale and is widely reported as a measurement of earthquake strength (derived from the peak amplitude of the seismic wave from an earthquake as measured on a seismometer), but it has largely been replaced by the moment magnitude scale (derived based on the elastic moduli of the crust where the earthquake occurred, the length of the slip surface and the cross sectional area of the slip surface) which estimates the total energy released in an earthquake.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe modern earthquake intensity scale was originally developed by Michele Stefano de Rossi (an Italian seismologist) and François-Alphonse Forel (a Swiss scientist) and was known as the Rossi-Forel scale.
It was developed in around 1882 and introduced the concept of an intensity scale based on measured and perceived ground shaking and the damage to structures.
This was later revised by a number of scientists including in 1906 by Giuseppe Mercalli (an Italian vulcanologist). This was given the name the Mercalli Intensity scale.
Further revisions were made by a number of scientists including Charles Richter and this eventually became known as the Modified Mercalli Scale.
In Europe a further modification was made to the intensity scale where it is named the Macroseismic scale.
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∙ 13y agoThe Richter scale, the scale used to measure earthquakes, was invented in the 1930's by Dr.Charles Richter, a seismologist at the California Institute of Technology. :)
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∙ 11y agoMichele Stefano de Rossi (an Italian seismologist)
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∙ 13y agoMercalli scale
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∙ 12y agoWayne smith
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What does the rictor scale measure?
Earthquakes.
Used to measure the strength of earthquakes?
a Richter scale
Does the Richter scale measure intensity?
Yes it does. The Richter Scale measures intensity for earthquakes!!
What does the modified mercalli scale measure?
An earthquakes intensity
How do scientists measures earthquakes?
Scientists normally use something called the Richter scale to measure earthquakes. They measure in maginitude. 1 on the Richter scale would be small vibrations through the earthquake zone where as 10 would be total destruction. Hope that's helped!
Who invented the scale used to measure earthquakes?
Charles Richter
What is the name of the scale that you measure earthquakes?
Richter scale
Who Was the scientist that first developed a scale for measuring earthquakes?
me
What does the rictor scale measure?
Earthquakes.
Do you measure earthquakes with Richter scale or the Mercalli scale?
The Richter scale
What sort of graf can you mejer earthquakes with?
You can measure earthquakes on the Moment magnitude scale or the Richter scale
What scale does Japan use to measure earthquakes?
Richter Scale
What scale measure earthquakes strength?
magnitude
What do scientists measure earthquakes in?
the rictor scale
What does the mercallic scale measure?
An earthquakes intensity
What is needed to measure earthquakes?
the rigter scale
Who invented the most common magnitude scale used to measure earthquakes?
Developed in 1935 by Charles Richter in collaboration with Beno Gutenberg
