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These are the most commonly found scales of earthquake magnitude. Any scale not found in this table is mostly likely one of the following: An intensity scale. See Seismic intensity scales for explanation. This template does not cover intensity scales. A regional (or "local") scale used by some particular seismic network (or country). In general ...
The United States typically has around 63 earthquakes between magnitude 5.0 and 5.9 each year, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, about five between 6.0 and 6.9 and fewer than one between 7. ...
Seismic intensity scales categorize the intensity or severity of ground shaking (quaking) at a given location, such as resulting from an earthquake. They are distinguished from seismic magnitude scales , which measure the magnitude or overall strength of an earthquake, which may, or perhaps may not, cause perceptible shaking.
Originally intended for estimating the magnitude of historic earthquakes where seismic data is lacking but tidal data exist, the correlation can be reversed to predict tidal height from earthquake magnitude. [63] (Not to be confused with the height of a tidal wave, or run-up, which is an intensity effect controlled by local topography.) Under ...
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For handling multi-part main shocks, seven parameters – timestamp, isc-event, anss-url, local-date, local-time, magnitude, and depth – have a suffixed form (e.g.: timestamp-A, etc.) for adding multiple values, as seen in the example. Other parameters (like intensity, etc.) are free-format, and multiple values can be added by judicious use ...
[[Category:Earthquake templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Earthquake templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.
The first, six-level intensity scale was proposed by Egen in 1828 for an earthquake in Rhineland. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Robert Mallet coined the term "isoseismal" and produced a map for the 1857 Basilicata earthquake with a three-fold intensity scale and used this and other information to identify the epicentral area (a term he also coined). [ 6 ]