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Mercalli (intensity) scale Definition

Mercalli (intensity) scale (mer kä′lē)

noun

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.)

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