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1. www.usgs.gov › programs › earthquake-hazardsEarthquake Magnitude, Energy Release, and Shaking Intensity

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   Did You Feel It? map for the M6.0 Napa, California earthquake on August 24, 2014. The earthquake epicenter is shown as a star, and the geocoded intensities are shown as small colored squares. The associated MMI value for each color is shown in the key at the bottom. (Public domain.)

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3. www.usgs.gov › programs › earthquake-hazardsThe Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale | U.S. Geological Survey

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   Abbreviated description of the levels of Modified Mercalli intensity. (Public domain.) Abridged from The Severity of an Earthquake, USGS General Interest Publication 1989-288-913. History and Details of MMI. The following is an excerpt from Intensity Distribution and Isoseismal Maps for the Northridge, California, Earthquake of January 17,1994.

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5. www.usgs.gov › faqs › what-difference-betweenWhat is the difference between earthquake magnitude and ...

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   Intensity scales, like the Modified Mercalli Scale and the Rossi-Forel scale, measure the amount of shaking at a particular location. An earthquake causes many different intensities of shaking in the area of the epicenter where it occurs. So the intensity of an earthquake will vary depending on where you are.

6. scienceexchange.caltech.edu › earthquakes-measuredHow Are Earthquakes Measured? - Caltech Science Exchange

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   Two different viewpoints underpin the most important measurements related to earthquakes: magnitude and intensity. To scientists, an earthquake is an event inside the earth. To the rest of us, it is an extraordinary movement of the ground. Magnitude measures the former, while intensity measures the latter.

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8. earthquake.usgs.gov › earthquakes › mapLatest Earthquakes

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   6 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. 2024-06-30 02:41:04 (UTC-07:00) 1.2 km. 2.9.

9. ngdc.noaa.gov › hazard › intintroIntroduction to the Earthquake Intensity Database | NCEI

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   Earthquake Intensity Database. 1638 - 1985. Download Database (MS Excel format; 15MB) Earthquake intensities are numerical values assigned to the effects of earthquakes on people and their works, and on the natural environment. Intensities are evaluated using the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale of 1931, which contains levels of effects ...

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    How do you calculate earthquake intensity?

    • (Algebra) An Earthquake is usually measured by the magnitude M on the richter scale. ‘The intensity | of an earthquake and the magnitude M are related by the formula: M=log (1/1) where I, is the intensity of an arbitrary chosen earthquake. The earthquake that hit Kobe, Japan measured 5.7 on the Richter scale.

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    How to measure earthquake intensity?

    • The phone or tablet should be secured to the shake table. There are many apps to measure the intensity of the earthquake including Vibration Meter (Gamma Play, Android) or Vibration Meter (Smart Tools, Android) and Vibration Meter, Seismograph, Seismometer (ExaMobile S.A., iOS). Calculate the scale of the building.

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    What does earthquake intensity mean?

    • (Geological Science) geology Also called: earthquake intensity a measure of the size of an earthquake based on observation of the effects of the shock at the earth's surface. Specified on the Mercalli scale. See Mercalli scale, Richter scale

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11. www.thoughtco.com › earthquake-intensities-1441140Measuring Earthquake Intensities Using Seismic Scales - ThoughtCo

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    Mar 10, 2019 · Updated on March 10, 2019. The first measuring tool invented for earthquakes was the seismic intensity scale. This is a rough numerical scale to describe how severe an earthquake is in the place where you're standing—how bad it is "on a scale of 1 to 10." It's not hard to come up with a set of descriptions for intensity 1 ("I could barely ...