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A seismometer (replacing the outdated term seismograph), but other instruments may also respond to an earthquake. The simplest example of a seismograph is a pendulum.

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A seismometer / seismograph is used to measure earthquakes and other seismic activity.

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A seismograph is used to measure earthquakes according to the Richter scale

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