Scales used to measure earthquakes and the differences.

🔱The magnitude of most earthquakes is measured on the. , invented by Charles F. Richter in 1934. The Richter magnitude is calculated from the amplitude of the largest seismic wave recorded for the earthquake

Richter scale

🔱Another way to measure the strength of an earthquake is to use the Invented by Giuseppe Mercalli in 1902, this scale uses the observations of the people experienced the earthquake to estimate its intensity.

Mercalli scale