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Mercalli scale

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Mercalli scale: see Richter scale Richter scale , measure of the magnitude of seismic waves from an earthquake, devised in 1935 by the American seismologist Charles F. Richter (1900–1985).
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Mercalli scale [mer′käl·ē ‚skāl]
(geophysics)
A 12-point scale for classifying the magnitude of an earthquake.
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