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Name the scale on which the destructive energy of an earthquake is measured. An earthquake measures 3 on this scale. Would it be recorded by a seismograph? Is it likely to cause much damage?

The destructive energy of earthquake is measured on the Richter scale, this scale is not linear and it has readings from 1 to 10.

The reading of 3 would be recorded by a seismograph. But the earthquake is not likely to cause much damage because generally the earthquake of measure higher than 5 are considered destructive in nature.


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