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Match the Modified Mercalli Intensities below with their descriptions on the right.
1


Mercalli Intensity I

2


Mercalli Intensity II

3


Mercalli Intensity III

4


Mercalli Intensity IV

5


Mercalli Intensity V

6


Mercalli Intensity VI

7


Mercalli Intensity VII

8


Mercalli Intensity VIII

9


Mercalli Intensity IX

10


Mercalli Intensity X

11


Mercalli Intensity XI

12


Mercalli Intensity XII

A)Damage considerable in specially designed structures; great in well-designed buildings with partial collapse; Ground cracked conspicuously.
B)Felt by nearly everyone; many awakened from sleep.
C)Not felt except by a very few under especially favorable circumstances.
D)Felt by many during the day indoors, outdoors by few. At night, some awakened.
E)Felt by all; many frightened and run outdoors. Some heavy furntiture moved.
F)Damage slight in specially designed structures; considerable in well-build structures with partial collapse; great damage in poorly built structures.
G)Some well-built wooden structures destroyed; most masonry and frame structures destroyed with foundations; ground badly cracked.
H)Felt quite noticeable indoors, especially on upper floors of buildings.
I)Felt by only a few persons at rest, especially on upper floors of buidlings.
J)Everybody runs outdoors. Damage negligible in buildings of good design and construction; slight to moderate in well-built ordinary structures; considerable in poorly built structures.
K)Damage total. Waves observed on ground surface by witnesses.
L)Few (if any) masonry structures remain standing. Bridges destroyed. Broad fissures in ground.

Match the historic earthquakes below with the year of their occurrence.
13


El Slavador

14


San Francisco

15


Hebgen Lake, Montana, USA

16


Ixtapa, Mexico ("Mexico City Earthquake")

17


Kobe, Japan

18


Anchorage, Alaska ("Good Friday Earthquake")

19


New Madrid, Missouri

20


Fort Tejon, California

21


Chile

22


Izmit, Turkey

A)2001
B)1811-1812
C)1857
D)1906
E)1959
F)1985
G)1995
H)1964
I)1960
J)1999







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