richter measures the level of general impact for an earthquake, while mercalli measures the impact on society... a strong earthquake in a non-poplulated area would have high richter value, but small...
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...
Richter scale measures earthquake magnitude on a base-10 logarithmic scale typically on the range from 0 to 10, but the largest recorded earthquake to date was 9.5. Each whole value on richter scale...
Richter scale measures the ground motion from an earthquakes to find the earthquakes strength. mercalli scale measures expresses intensity in roman numerals from I to XII and provides a description...
The Richter Magnitude Scale is a system used to measure the quantity of energy released during an earthquake. It measures the earthquakes magnitude- energy released. It was Developed in 1935 by...