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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Intensity, Macroseismic
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Intensidad Macrosísmica
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Intensidade Sísmica
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Synonyms English:
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Macroseismic Intensity
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Tree Number:
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SP8.473.654.692.792.701.885
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Definition English:
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A number by which the consequences of an earthquake at a particular place are scaled by its effects on persons, structures, and earth materials. Intensity scales in most common use are the modified Mercalli (MM) and Medvedev, Sponheuer and Karnik (MSK), both having twelve degrees (Material II - IDNDR, 1992) |
See Related English:
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Mercalli Scale
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Record Number:
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34696
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Occurrence in VHL:
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