About.com Geology Guide Andrew Alden has a fantastic article covering the development and use of earthquake intensity scale, such as the Modified Mercalli Scale. Definitely worth a read!
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Thanks for the link to the article; very timely for me. My son is studying earthquakes in school right now, and I don’t know if they’ve learned about intensity, as differentiated from magnitude. I’m sure he’ll enjoy the article.