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Can the Mercalli scale have a different intensity value for the same earthquake?

April 26, 2017different earthquake intensity mercalli scale value

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Can the Mercalli scale have a different intensity value for the same earthquake?

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Also you have to consider where the earthquake occurred. you can have a 9.0 quake in the middle of the Australian outback but there is hardly anybody there so you would have a low mercalli scale reading.