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Modified Mercalli intensity scale: a standalone construct

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Modified Mercalliintensity scale1 CONSTRUCTModified MercalliWOOD · SEISMOLOGY

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Seismology

a twelve-level scale that grades earthquake shaking at a place by its observed effects on people, buildings and the ground.

In seismology, Modified Mercalli intensity scale refers to a twelve-level scale that grades earthquake shaking at a place by its observed effects on people, buildings and the ground. This meaning comes from Wood (1931) in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.[1]

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  1. Wood, H. O., & Neumann, F. (1931). Modified Mercalli intensity scale of 1931. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 21(4), 277-283. https://doi.org/10.1785/bssa0210040277

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