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Noun: Mercalli scale
  1. (geology) a scale formerly used to describe the magnitude of an earthquake; an earthquake detected only by seismographs is a I and an earthquake that destroys all buildings is a XII

Type of: graduated table, ordered series, scale, scale of measurement

Encyclopedia: Mercalli scale

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