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- 4. does the mercalli scale have a mathematical basis?
- 5. how many measures of earthquake size
- 6. a scale which measures earthquakes beginning with M
- 8. the mercalli scale is a measure of ?
- 11. boxing day quake and tsunami in 2004 was a
- 12. is the mercalli scale objective or subjective
- 14. how many levels of increasing intensity does the mercalli scale have
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- 1. each unit has a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ increase in strength
- 2. magnitude is expressed in _ _ _ _ _ numbers and decimal fractions
- 3. the richter scale is L_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- 6. the richter scale measures what?
- 7. there is a thirtyfold increase in _ _ _ _ _ _ released
- 9. a scale which measures eathquakes beginning with R
- 10. the mercalli scale is an arbitrary ranking based on ?
- 13. largest earthquake ever recorded was a 9.5 in _ _ _ _ _ in 1960