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Mercalli Intensity Scale

Mercalli Intensity Scale

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ISBN10: 6136816180
ISBN13: 9786136816180
Publisher: Ceed Pub
Pages: 68
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.16 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Mercalli intensity scale is a scale used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake. The scale quantifies the effects of an earthquake on the Earth's surface, humans, objects of nature, and man-made structures on a scale from I (not felt) to XII (total destruction). Values depend upon the distance to the earthquake, with the highest intensities being around the epicentral area. Data gathered from people who have experienced the quake are used to determine an intensity value for their location. The Mercalli (Intensity) scale originated with the widely-used simple ten-degree Rossi-Forel scale, which was revised by Italian vulcanologist Giuseppe Mercalli in 1884 and 1906.

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