Mercalli (intensity) scale
- Mercalli (intensity) scale
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n.
a numerical scale for measuring the destructive power and major physical effects of an earthquake, ranging from number I (detectable only by seismographs) to number XII (causing extensive landslides, destruction of nearly all buildings, etc.): see the Mercalli scale in the Reference Supplement
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