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 Mercalli scale is more meaning full scale which measure the intensity of quakes at different places.Please read this to know more on this. There are two different scale to measure the earthquakes. One is the famous Richter scale. You can measure the energy release at the point of focus from a distant place with the use of seismograph.