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Severity of an earthquake

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq4/severity_text.html

Description of intensity and magnitude as indicators of the size of an earthquake and the levels of severity measured on the Richter Magnitude Scale and the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale.

U.S. Geological Survey general interest publication
Related topics:
Earthquake occurrences, Seismology

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