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Intensity scales

Springer Netherlands, (2013), 544-552
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4399-4_198
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Abstract

Avariety of Intensity Scales have been developed to measure the degree of damage caused by an earthquake to the local environment and buildings affected during a seismic event. Avariety of descriptive evidence is used to categorize the severity of the damage caused. Many scales have been developed and modified for local site conditions (Table 4).

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Giles, D. (2013). Intensity scales. In Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series (pp. 544–552). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4399-4_198

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