Memorie Descrittive della Carta Geologica d’Italia
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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Memorie Descrittive della Carta geologica d'Italia
Geological map - vol. 67/2004
Suolo_e_Territorio
- Sommario
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- The Inqua scale
- Preface
- Presentation
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Intensity - Why today?
- The shortcomings of earlier scales - Why Intensity should be evaluated using ground effects
- General Statements
- The INQUA scale
- Definitions of intensity degrees
- Intensity - fault parameter relationships: discussion and conclusions
- References
- 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
- 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