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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.
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What is the difference between bar scale and statement scale?
What is the difference between a bar scale and a statement scale
What does the radius of each circle represent?
it's the mercalli scale
What are the difference between successive values on a scale?
The difference between the successive values on a scale is an interval.
What is the scale used by all sientists?
Richter scale for earthquakes.
What does it mean that one earthquake is a 6 and another is a 7?
Those numbers are orders of magnitude on the Richter scale. The Richter magnitude scale was developed in 1935 by Charles F. Richter of the California Institute of Technology as a mathematical device to compare the size of earthquakes.
Do you measure earthquakes with Richter scale or the Mercalli scale?
The Richter scale
What is the advantages of Richter scale and the mercalli scale?
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What are the Richter scale and the Mercalli scale?
different scales
What is the difference in earthquake measurement by the Richter scale vs the Modified Mercalli Intensity 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.
What was the mercalli scale for the Kobe earthquake?
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.
What scale gives the intensity of earthquakes?
Richter scale is used to measure earthquakes magnitude Shake intensity is measured on the Mercalli scale
What are 3 ways to measure an earthquake?
the Richter scale, Mercalli scale, and Moment Magnitude scale
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 names of the types of scales that measure the effects of earthquakes?
TheRichter Scale created by Charles Richter and the Mercalli Scale created by Giuseppe Mercalli.
What scale is described for damage in an earthquake?
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
List the three scales that are used for measuring earthquake?
the Mercalli Scale, the Richter Scale, and the Moment Magnitude Scale
Compare and contrast the Richter and Mercalli scale?
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