Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Intensity (earthquake)
Intensity (earthquake)
A subjective numerical index describing the severity of ground shaking in an earthquake in terms of the effect on objects and humans.
A version of the Modified Mercalli intensity scale is on page __.
This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
0
Improve it
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Natural environment
- Category: Earthquake
- Company: University of Utah
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Industry/Domain: Software Category: Operating systems
Microsoft Cortana
Microsoft Cortana is an intelligent personal assistant on the Windows Phone 8.1 operating system available on an opt-in basis. Its name comes from ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
Browers Terms By Category
- Cooking(3691)
- Fish, poultry, & meat(288)
- Spices(36)
Culinary arts(4015) Terms
- Air conditioners(327)
- Water heaters(114)
- Washing machines & dryers(69)
- Vacuum cleaners(64)
- Coffee makers(41)
- Cooking appliances(5)
Household appliances(624) Terms
- Investment banking(1768)
- Personal banking(1136)
- General banking(390)
- Mergers & acquisitions(316)
- Mortgage(171)
- Initial public offering(137)
Banking(4013) Terms
- Digital Signal Processors (DSP)(1099)
- Test equipment(1007)
- Semiconductor quality(321)
- Silicon wafer(101)
- Components, parts & accessories(10)
- Process equipment(6)
Semiconductors(2548) Terms
- Material physics(1710)
- Metallurgy(891)
- Corrosion engineering(646)
- Magnetics(82)
- Impact testing(1)