Answer :
Answer: False
Explanation:
- Charles Richter developed the first ever practical scale for measuring earthquake known as the Richter scale.
- Richter scale is a numerical scale which is used to express the magnitude of an earthquake based on the seismograph recordings of the amplitude of the highest seismic wave.
- Whereas the scale that descirbes the effects of an earthquake on people, buildings, and land at a given location is called as the modified Mercalli scale.
