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What is the highest intensity level on the modified mercalli intensity scale?
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How does the modified mercalli scale earthquake intensity?
The Modified Mercalli scale assigns a value to an earthquake from I to XII depending on it's intensity, with I being the lowest (only recorded by seismometers, not felt by humans) and XII being the highest (representing total destruction of all buildings). Mercalli values are derived from a number of sources including witness reports of the perceived ground shaking in their location, the damage to structures and also measurements of the ground accelerations from seismometers (included to attempt to reduce the subjectivity of the scale due to it's reliance on human witnesses).
What is the highest rating on the Mercalli Scale and what are the symptoms of an earthquake of this intensity?
The Modified Mercalli intensity scale ranges from 1 to 12 (I - XII), with XII being described as cataclysmic. This leads to total destruction of nearly all structures. The ground surface will potentially have permanently changed level by several metres. The ground's surface moves with visible waves or ripples while the earthquake is occurring.
Where did the Haitian earthquake hit the hardest?
The US Geological Survey provide a contour map of earthquake intensity for the earthquake that occurred on the 12th of January, 2010. This indicates that the highest intensity (perceived shaking) with a level of 10 (X) on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale occurred in Grand Goave (population 5000). The Haitian capital Port-au-Prince suffered an intensity 9 event. The scale indicates that at this intensity structures will suffer heavy to very heavy damage. Please see the related links and question.
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Is it true that an intensity- XII earthquake would cause a little destruction?
No, this earthquake is rated highest on the mercalli scale and thus would cause huge amounts of destruction
What is a name for the highest degree or intensity?
extreme
Where will the intensity be highest if the magnitude with a 7.5 is in pangasinan?
The intensity will be highest in Pangasinan itself, as the location closest to the epicenter of the magnitude 7.5 earthquake will generally experience the strongest shaking. Areas farther away will feel less intensity.
Where are intensity values of an earthquake usually highest?
The epicenter
What point of highest intensity in a story is called?
Climax
The turning point or point of highest dramatic intensity is the?
The climax.
What is the rossi-forel intensity scale?
an arbitrary numerical scale of intensity of seismic disturbances ranging from one for a barely perceptible tremor to 10 for an earthquake of the highest intensityThe Rossi-Forel scale was one of the first seismic scales to reflect earthquake intensities. Developed by Michele Stefano Conte de Rossiof Italy and François-Alphonse Forel of Switzerland in the late 19th century, it was used for about two decades until the introduction of the Mercalli intensity scale in 1902.
