The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MM, MMI, or MCS) measures the effects of an earthquake at a given location. This is in contrast with the seismic...
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the Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MMS) and the evaluations of the seismic intensities are more reliable. In addition, more intensity scales have...
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application of the Modified Mercalli intensity scale and the 1953 version of the Medvedev scale, known also as the GEOFIAN scale. With minor modifications...
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the Mercalli scale, the JMA scale measures the intensities of ground shaking at various observation points within the affected area. Intensities are expressed...
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List of earthquakes in 2025 (category Articles using Mw magnitude scale)
are listed according to UTC time. The maximum intensities are based on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. Earthquake magnitudes are based on data from...
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scale for describing the likely effects of a hurricane. By using subjective damage-based scales for earthquake intensity like the Modified Mercalli intensity...
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instrument-readings. The old Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MM), a relic of the pre-instrument days, remains useful in the sense that each intensity-level provides...
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Beaufort scale 1931 Modified Mercalli intensity scale 1935 Richter scale (superseded by the Moment magnitude scale) 1969 Saffir–Simpson scale 1971 Fujita...
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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...
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Great Hanshin earthquake (category Articles using Mjma magnitude scale)
moment magnitude scale and had a maximum intensity of 7 on the JMA Seismic Intensity Scale (XI–XII on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale). The tremors...
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of the TV series Black Sails VIII (Severe), a level on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
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1839 Ava earthquake (category Articles using Mw magnitude scale)
since 1762. It was assigned a maximum of XI (Extreme) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale, and was felt in Rangoon and Bhamo. Damage was enormous in...
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2002 Port Vila earthquake (category Articles using Mw magnitude scale)
magnitude of 7.2 Mw and a maximum intensity of X (Extreme) west of the island on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. There are no exact estimates on...
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1668 North Anatolia earthquake (category Articles using MS magnitude scale)
in the range 7.8–8.0 Ms and the maximum felt intensity was IX on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. The epicenter of the earthquake was on the southern...
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Peak ground acceleration (redirect from Instrumental intensity)
given geographic point. The Mercalli intensity scale uses personal reports and observations to measure earthquake intensity but PGA is measured by instruments...
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another seismologist, redeveloped and updated the Mercalli intensity scale, a seismic intensity scale that is still in use as a primary means of rating...
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2021 Lasithi earthquake (category Articles using Mw magnitude scale)
magnitude 6.4 Mw earthquake with a maximum intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale which occurred on 12 October 2021, 12:24...
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2017 Pohang earthquake (category Articles using ML magnitude scale)
(US$290 million) in damage.". It also recorded a VII intensity on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale, making it the second largest earthquake in recorded...
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2019 Peru earthquake (category Articles using Mww magnitude scale)
local time. It had a maximum perceived intensity of VII (Very strong) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale in the towns of Yurimaguas and Lagunas...
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1969 Tulbagh earthquake (category Articles using Mw magnitude scale)
a magnitude of 6.3 Mw and a maximum felt intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. It caused widespread damage in the towns...
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Richter scale becomes meaningless. The Richter and MMS scales measure the energy released by an earthquake; another scale, the Mercalli intensity scale, classifies...
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Supplementary Service Data § Man-Machine Interface Modified Mercalli intensity scale, an earthquake intensity measure W3C MMI or Multimodal Interaction Activity...
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List of earthquakes in California (category Articles using Mla magnitude scale)
seismometers, the Richter scale, and the Modified Mercalli intensity scale (an updated version of the Mercalli intensity scale). In 1933, the Long Beach...
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List of earthquakes in 2024 (category Articles using Mw magnitude scale)
are listed according to UTC time. The maximum intensities are based on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. Earthquake magnitudes are based on data from...
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regions, which corresponds to Miri and Bintulu Divisions with Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MMI) of 3.5 to 5.3 magnitude. The population of Miri Division...
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2019 Kashmir earthquake (category Articles using Mww magnitude scale)
maximum felt intensity of VII (Very strong) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale or VIII (Heavily damaging) on the European macroseismic scale. There was...
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1973 Luhuo earthquake (category Articles using MS magnitude scale)
magnitude of 7.6 Ms. The earthquake had a maximum intensity of X (Extreme) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. It resulted in between 2,175 and 2,204 deaths...
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the United States Geological Survey created an intensity map by using the Revised Modified Mercalli scale. The tsunami waves had an amplitude of 3–8 metres...
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1906 San Francisco earthquake (category Articles using MI magnitude scale)
by varying geologic conditions. The shaking intensity as described on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale reached XI (Extreme) in San Francisco and areas...
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1840 Ararat earthquake (category Articles using MS magnitude scale)
catalogs place the surface-wave magnitude at Ms 7.4 and maximum Modified Mercalli intensity scale assigned IX (Violent). The area lies near the triple junction...
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