MODIFIED MERCALLI INTENSITY VALUE VI
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Description of Shaking Severity: Moderate
Summary Description Used on Maps: Objects Fall
Full Description: Felt by all. Many frightened and run outdoors. Persons walk unsteadily. Windows, dishes, glassware broken. Knickknacks, books, etc., off shelves. Pictures off walls. Furniture moved or overturned. Weak plaster and masonry D (see previous page for definition) cracked. Small bells ring (church, school). Trees, bushes shaken (visibly, or heard to rustle).

Full descriptions are from: Richter, C.F., 1958. Elementary Seismology. W.H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco, pp. 135-149; 650-653.

 


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jbp 9/18/03