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 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...
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...
The scales have differing uses and so which scale is more useful depends on exactly what the scientist is interested in. The Richter scale is a magnitude scale. This is an estimate f the amount of...