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The Inqua Scale

The paper illustrates the results of the research conducted by the interdisciplinary Working Group established in order to formalize the collected data into a new scale of macroseismic intensity based only on ground effects: the INQUA scale.

 

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Technical Periodicals
Memorie Descrittive della Carta geologica d'Italia
Vol. 67/2004
978-88-240-2641-3
0536-0242
Summary
The Inqua scale
Appendix 1: References for earthquakes listed in Table 2 and 3
Appendix 2: Distribution of ground effects by type and macroseismic intensity for 114 italian historical earthquakes
Appendix 3: Examples of geological effects of earthquakes
Introduction
Surface faulting
Ground cracks Liquefaction and compaction rockfalls and slides
Appendix 4: Comparison between the INQUA scale and the MCS-1930, MM-1956, and MKS-1964 scales
Appendix 5: Inqua EEE Scale field survey form
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