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