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प्रश्न
How is the intensity of earthquakes measured? What instruments are used?
उत्तर
Ritcher scale and Mercalli scale are used to measure the intensity of earthquakes. Ritcher scale measures through a graphical scale in a zigzag graph from 1 to 9 and the Mercalli scale observes it from 1 to 12 points scale.
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