The Mercalli scale was designed to do just that The original scale was invented by Giuseppe Mercalli in 1902 and was modified by Harry Wood and Frank Neumann in 1931 to become what is now known as the ...

I Felt by very few people; barely noticeable. II Felt by a few people, especially on upper floors. III Noticeable indoors, especially on upper floors, but may not be recognized as an earthquake. IV ...

The modern scale measures a quantity called “moment magnitude” (denoted as Mw), which is based on variables such as the area ...

A devastating earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday, leaving destruction in its wake, with tremors as far-reaching as Thailand and China. | ITV National News ...

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked off Indonesia's western Aceh province on Sunday, the country's ...

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked off Indonesia's western Aceh province on Sunday (March 30), Xinhua ...

the earthquake was felt with an intensity of VII degrees on the Mercalli scale, ranging from I to XII. Chile is one of the most seismic countries. Last year, an earthquake of a Richter magnitude ...

JAKARTA, April 3 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale struck off Indonesia's eastern North Maluku province ... The tremors were recorded at intensity levels II to III on the ...

The Richter scale, also known as the Richter ... with 630,000 people living in areas with "light" shaking on the Modified Mercalli Intensity scale, with around 5,000 living in areas where shaking ...