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Descriptor English: Intensity, Macroseismic
Descriptor Spanish: Intensidad Macrosísmica
Descriptor intensidad macrosísmica
Scope note: Escala de consecuencias de un terremoto en un lugar en particular, medida por los efectos sobre las personas, estructuras y materiales de la tierra. Las escalas de intensidad más usadas son: la de Mercalli modificada (MM) y la de Medvedev, Sponheuer y Karnik (MSK); ambas tienen 12 grados. (Traducción libre del original: Material II - IDNDR, 1992)
Descriptor Portuguese: Intensidade Sísmica
Descriptor French: Intensité Macrosismique
Entry term(s): Macroseismic Intensity
Tree number(s): SP8.190.450.495
Scope note: A number by which the consequences of an earthquake at a particular place are scaled by its effects on persons, structures, and earth materials. Intensity scales in most common use are the modified Mercalli (MM) and Medvedev, Sponheuer and Karnik (MSK), both having twelve degrees (Material II - IDNDR, 1992)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
DeCS ID: 34696
Unique ID: DDCS034696
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Intensity, Macroseismic - Preferred
Concept UI FD00060586
Scope note A number by which the consequences of an earthquake at a particular place are scaled by its effects on persons, structures, and earth materials. Intensity scales in most common use are the modified Mercalli (MM) and Medvedev, Sponheuer and Karnik (MSK), both having twelve degrees (Material II - IDNDR, 1992)
Preferred term Intensity, Macroseismic
Entry term(s) Macroseismic Intensity



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