Cylus is a modern English respelling of the name Silas, which is a short form of the Greek name Silouanos, which is a variant of the Latin name Silvanus, which is derived from the Latin word silva, meaning wood, forest.. Tweet.
The modified mercalli intensity scale is used to measure the intensity of an earthquake and is in part derived from the damage done to building and other structures. Edit Share to:
The richter scale is a numerical scale used to describe an earthquakes magnitude each hole number increase on the Richter scale corresponds to 32 fold increase in seismic energy The moment magnitude scale takes into account the size of an earthquakes