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Name the two scales which are used to measure the intensity of the earthquake.

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Answered by bhavya34
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Ritcher scale and mercallli scale are used to measure earthquakes
Answered by aqibkincsem
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The scales which are used to measure the intensity of earthquake are as follows:

The Richter Scale :

The Richter scale was created in the 1930s by Dr. Charles Richter who was a seismologist at the California Institute of Technology.

The Mercalli Scale measures the strength of an earthquake by enumerating the effects of an earthquake on the Earth's surface .

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