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Former Geologist here. In school we were taught that the Richter magnitude scale was outdated and that everything should be applied to the modified Mercalli scale for easier to understand damage to surrounding areas. Despite being taught this, every major news station or media coverage still uses the Richter to describe seismic events. Why is this and do you think people would better understand severity if the Modified Mercalli was used more often?