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Mercalli Scale

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Noun

1. mercalli scale

a scale formerly used to describe the magnitude of an earthquake; an earthquake detected only by seismographs is a I and an earthquake that destroys all buildings is a XII

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mercalli Scale

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noun
a 12-point scale for expressing the intensity of an earthquake, ranging from 1 (not felt, except by few under favourable circumstances) to 12 (total destruction)
Compare Richter scale, See also intensity (sense 4)

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Mercalli Scale

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n.
A scale of earthquake intensity based on observed effects and ranging from I (detectable only with instruments) to XII (causing almost total destruction).

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