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    MSK 64 Scale

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    The document describes the MSK-64 intensity scale for earthquakes, which rates earthquakes from I to XII based on their perceived intensity and effects on people, objects, and structures. The scale provides descriptions for each intensity level, noting how earthquakes would be felt by people and animals indoors and outdoors, and the types of damage that could occur to buildings, objects, and the landscape for increasing intensities.

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    The document describes the MSK-64 intensity scale for earthquakes, which rates earthquakes from I to XII based on their perceived intensity and effects on people, objects, and structures. The scale provides descriptions for each intensity level, noting how earthquakes would be felt by people and animals indoors and outdoors, and the types of damage that could occur to buildings, objects, and the landscape for increasing intensities.

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    The document describes the MSK-64 intensity scale for earthquakes, which rates earthquakes from I to XII based on their perceived intensity and effects on people, objects, and structures. The scale provides descriptions for each intensity level, noting how earthquakes would be felt by people and animals indoors and outdoors, and the types of damage that could occur to buildings, objects, and the landscape for increasing intensities.

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    The document describes the MSK-64 intensity scale for earthquakes, which rates earthquakes from I to XII based on their perceived intensity and effects on people, objects, and structures. The scale provides descriptions for each intensity level, noting how earthquakes would be felt by people and animals indoors and outdoors, and the types of damage that could occur to buildings, objects, and the landscape for increasing intensities.

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    MSK-64 SCALE Description

    Not felt, registered only by seismographs. No effect on objects. No


    I. Not perceptible
    damage to buildings.
    Felt only by individuals at rest. No effect on objects. No damage to
    II. Hardly perceptible
    buildings.
    Felt indoors by a few. Hanging objects swing slightly. No damage to
    III. Weak
    buildings.
    Felt indoors by many and felt outdoors only by very few. Observers
    feel a slight trembling or swaying of the building, room, bed, chair
    IV. Largely observed
    etc. China, glasses, windows and doors rattle. No damage to
    buildings.
    Felt indoors by most, outdoors by few. Observers feel a strong
    shaking or rocking of the whole building, room or furniture. Animals
    V. Fairly strong
    indoors may become uneasy. Slight damage to a few poorly
    constructed buildings.
    Felt by most indoors and by many outdoors. A few persons lose
    their balance. Small objects may fall and furniture may be shifted.
    VI. Strong Farm animals may be frightened. Visible damage to masonry
    structures, cracks in plaster. Isolated cracks on the ground.
    MSK-64 SCALE Description
    Most people are frightened and try to run outdoors. Objects fall from shelves.
    Very strong
    VII. Water splashes from containers. Serious damage to older buildings, masonry
    chimneys collapse. Small landslides.
    Damaging Many people find it difficult to stand, even outdoors. Waves may be seen on very
    VIII. soft ground. Older structures partially collapse or sustain considerable damage.
    Large cracks and fissures opening up, rockfalls.
    General panic. People may be forcibly thrown to the ground. Waves are seen on soft
    Destructive
    ground. Substandard structures collapse. Substantial damage to well-constructed
    IX.
    structures. Underground pipelines ruptured. Ground fracturing, widespread
    landslides.
    Devastating Masonry buildings destroyed, infrastructure crippled. Massive landslides. Water
    X. bodies may be overtopped, causing flooding of the surrounding areas and formation
    of new water bodies.
    Most buildings and structures collapse. Widespread ground disturbances, tsunamis.
    XI. Catastrophic

    All surface and underground structures completely destroyed. Landscape generally


    Very
    XII. changed, rivers change paths, tsunamis.
    catastrophic

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