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Argentina shaken by 5-degree Richter-scale quake
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 5/2/2008; 328 words
; ...Argentina shaken by 5-degree Richter-scale quake BUENOS AIRES, May 2 (Xinhua...Friday by a 5-degree Richter-scale earthquake at 02:51 local time...degree intensity according to the Mercalli scale, from slight to moderate, within...
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TREMOR MEASURING 4.8 ON RICHTER SCALE JOLTS BANDA ACEH.
News Wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia); 2/15/2006; 501 words
; ...measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale rocked Banda Aceh and its environs...the second and third Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale, and did not cause any damage...4.2 and 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Simeulue Islet, Aceh Province...
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Scale of DESTRUCTION
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 8/7/2005; 521 words
; New Straits Times 08-07-2005 Scale of DESTRUCTION Edition: New Sunday Times This is the 12-level Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale for gauging the intensity of quakes I. People do not feel any earth movement II. A few people might...
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Earthquake intensity, damage, and conservation of unreinforced masonry buildings.
Magazine article from: Architectural Science Review; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...any of the Mercalli intensity scales of earthquake (the Mercalli scale was used primarily in this paper...strengthened against the different scales of earthquakes. This could...by earthquakes of different Mercalli scales hav
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Quake No. 4 Shakes Howard County; Band of Fragile Rock Running to Pa. May Be Culprit, Scientists Say
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/17/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...registered 4.0 on the Richter scale. The epicenters of many of...earthquakes with an index called the Mercalli scale. The earthquake in Lancaster...Richter scale measured 6 on the Mercalli scale, meaning that it could...to be about a 3 or 4 on the Mercalli scale, ...
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Fed: Darwin jolted by earthquake of 7.1 but no damage reports
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 3/3/2005; 678 words
; ...measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale but authorities are confident...put at 4.0 on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale, which measures...scale of one to 12. A quake of Mercalli intensity 1.0 would be noticed...destruction. A 4.0 on the Mercalli scale means a quake is ...
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QUAKE HITS SOVIET REPUBLIC LANDSLIDES BURY PARTS OF 3 VILLAGES.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/23/1989; 700+ words
; ...measured 7 points on the 12-point Mercalli scale. The U.S. Geological Survey...Armenian quake measured 9 on the Mercalli scale and between 6.8 and 6...released by an earthquake. The Mercalli scale measures the effects of the...
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Agency to Quiz County Residents on Quakes
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/18/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...respectively, on the Richter scale. "I figure we get so much...an index called the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale. The Mercalli scale is based on the observed...Howard County's place on the Mercalli scale. The one-page questionnaire...
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Chile jolted by strong earthquake
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 1/27/2004; 332 words
; ...measuring between 2 and 5 on the Mercalli scale hit Tuesday the regions of Tarapaca...measuring between 4 and 5 on the Mercalli scale, was reported in Arica...kilometers north of Santiago. The Mercalli scale measures the destructive...
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6.7 quake's effects felt strongest in North Kohala
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 10/29/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...matched those reports with the Mercalli scale, a way of assessing intensity, less known than magnitude. The Mercalli scale is divided into Roman numerals...Agency version of the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale, in an intensity...
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Mercalli scale
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
Mercalli scale An earthquake-intensity scale based on direct observation. Devised by G. Mercalli , it ranges from scales I (not felt) and II (felt by most people at rest) to VII (difficult for a person to remain standing), X (most structures...
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Mercalli, Giuseppe
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
Mercalli, Giuseppe (1815–1914) An Italian professor of natural sciences who studied the major earthquake districts of Italy, Mercalli is best known for his scale of earthquake intensity, first formulated in 1897, and refined several times. See also MERCALLI SCALE .
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Richter Scale
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Richter Scale The earliest earthquake measurements...Italian seismologist, Guiseppe Mercalli in 1902. He gauged earthquake...they called the modified Mercalli Scale, dividing the measurements...or record perceptions as Mercalli's qualitative method did...
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Richter scale
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Richter scale , measure of the magnitude...Richter (1900-1985). The scale is logarithmic; that is...in a particular place, the Mercalli scale, developed by the Italian seismologist Giuseppe Mercalli, is often used. It measures...
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Richter, Charles F. (1900-1985)
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...Francisco was magnitude 7.1.) The Richter scale was published in 1935, and immediately...colleague be recognized for expanding the scale to apply to earthquakes all over the globe...Since 1935, several other magnitude scales have been developed. Depending on what...In the late 1930s they applied their ...
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