Modified Mercalli intensity scale

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Modified_Mercalli_intensity_scale
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf seismic intensity scale
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:MMI
gptkbp:basedOn observed effects on people, buildings, and natural features
gptkbp:categoryI Not felt
gptkbp:categoryII Weak
gptkbp:categoryIII Weak
gptkbp:categoryIV Light
gptkbp:categoryIX Violent
gptkbp:categoryV Moderate
gptkbp:categoryVI Strong
gptkbp:categoryVII Very strong
gptkbp:categoryVIII Severe
gptkbp:categoryX gptkb:Extreme
gptkbp:categoryXI gptkb:Extreme
gptkbp:categoryXII Catastrophic
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:Richter_scale
moment magnitude scale
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Harry_O._Wood
gptkb:Frank_Neumann
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Modified Mercalli intensity scale
gptkbp:introducedIn 1931
gptkbp:level 12
gptkbp:lowerAward I (not felt)
XII (total destruction)
gptkbp:measures effects of an earthquake
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Mercalli_intensity_scale
gptkbp:relatedTo seismology
earthquake engineering
gptkbp:usedFor measuring earthquake intensity
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Italy
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:X_(Extreme)_on_the_Modified_Mercalli_scale
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7