Social Sciences, asked by nitesh444, 1 year ago

what do you mean by magnitude and intensity of an earthquake

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Answered by Bhavya745

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Intensity: The severity of earthquakeshaking is assessed using a descriptive scale – the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale. Magnitude:Earthquake size is a quantitative measure of the size of the earthquakeat its source. The Richter MagnitudeScale measures the amount of seismicenergy released by an earthquake.

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