Sentence examples for earthquake intensity from inspiring English sources

Furthermore, earthquake intensity, or strength, is distinct from earthquake magnitude, which is a measure of the amplitude, or size, of seismic waves as specified by a seismograph reading.

The European (MSK) scale of 12 grades is similar to the abridged version of the Mercalli.Modified Mercalli scale of earthquake intensity I.

By a large number of social philosophers and social scientists, in all spheres, those changes were regarded as nothing less than of earthquake intensity.

Fig. 1 2010 Earthquake intensity.

In absence of earthquake date, according to the China earthquake intensity zoning map, the earthquake intensity degree of the study area is below 6.

This represents the level of earthquake intensity that hit the area in the particular year frame.

The ground motions must be scaled to match the desired earthquake intensity.

Earthquake intensity and magnitude and building damage are selected as hazard variables.

Uncertainties associated with fire hazard, passive fire protection, gravity load, and earthquake intensity are accounted for in the framework.

The conditions of the local seismic hazard were the subject of special concern for the development of earthquake intensity damage relations.

A method for the development of earthquake intensity damage relations, given as fragility curves and damage probability matrices is proposed in this paper.