- The
meizoseismal area in an
earthquake is the area of
maximum damage. For example, in the Charleston,
South Carolina,
earthquake of 1886, the meizoseismal...
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maximum intensity of X (Extreme) on the
Mercalli intensity scale. The
meizoseismal area (area of
maximum damage)
extended for
about 350
kilometres (220 mi)...
- (09:15 am
local time): M 7.0–8.0,
epicenter in the
Missouri Bootheel. The
meizoseismal area was
characterized by
general ground warping, ejections, fissuring...
-
Saudi Arabia. At
least 8
people were
killed and 30 were
injured in the
meizoseismal area. The
earthquake occurred along the Dead Sea
Transform (DST) fault...
- down sand, mud, trees, and all
kinds of debris.
Pilots flying over the
meizoseismal area
reported great changes in topography. This was
largely due to enormous...
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ground deformation, landslides, fissuring, and stream-bank
caving in the
meizoseismal area.
Johnston and
Schweig attribute this
earthquake to a
rupture on...
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Nixia and
Jiacuo townships.
Intensity VIII
formed a band
around the
meizoseismal area for 869 km2 (336 sq mi)
which encomp****ed 8 townships.
Twenty townships...
-
severe ground effects were
observed approximately for 2,000 km2. In the
meizoseismal area, the
northern foothills of the Trans-Ili
Alatau (part of the Tien...
- 000 sq mi)).
Modified Mercalli intensity VII (Very strong) was ****igned in the
meizoseismal area
although there were
plausibly isolated instances of IX (Violent)...
- to
others in the
affected villages. Some
remained intact even in the
meizoseismal area. The
maximum ****igned MSK 64
intensity based on
damage was VIII...
