EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY

earthquake intensity: translation

  a measure of how much damage an earthquake causes. Several scales are in use which have developed over time from the very crudest, subjective observations of the 19th century, to relatively sophisticated, empirical forms today. ie: Rossi-Forel Scale; Omori Scale; Mercalli Scale; MCS Scale; MMI Scale; MM56; MSK64 Scale; EMS-98 Intensity Scale; JMA Seismic Intensity Scale.