How did seismologists originally measure the intensity of an earthquake?

How did seismologists originally measure the intensity of an earthquake?

  • Correct Answer: mercalli scale
  • regolith scale
  • richter scale
  • Maxwell scale

Explanation: The ways seismologists measure an earthquake have changed over the decades. Initially, they could only measure what people felt and saw: the intensity. For this, they used the Mercalli scale.

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