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Giuseppe Mercalli
1914Mar, 19

Giuseppe Mercalli

Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian priest, geologist, and volcanologist (b. 1850)
Giuseppe Mercalli (21 May 1850 – 19 March 1914) was an Italian volcanologist and Catholic priest. He is known best for the Mercalli intensity scale for measuring earthquake intensity.

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