Score
| Type of
earthquake
| Brief description
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| Imperceptible
| Earthquake tremors are only detected by seismic equipment.
|
| Very weak
| People feel the earthquake tremor in a state of complete rest.
|
| Weak
| A small part of population can feel vibrations.
|
| Moderate
| Earthquake tremor is recognized by vibration of things, dishes, windows and the groan of the door.
|
| Sufficiently strong
| Overall shaking of buildings takes place with furniture fluctuations, formation of cracks in the glass and plaster.
|
| Strong (High)
| Vibration leads to breaking off pieces of plaster and small damage of the building.
|
| Very strong
| Fluctuation causes the cracks formation in the wall of a stone building. Aseismic and wooden buildings are not destroyed.
|
| Destructive
| Severe damage of the buildings.
|
| Ruinous
| Severe damage of stone building. In this case earthquake vibrations also cause landslide and avalanche.
|
| Crushing
| Earthquake leads to the destruction of the stone buildings, formation of large cracks in the ground, occurrence of landslides and avalanches.
|
| Catastrophe
| Earthquake causes a complete destruction of stone buildings with formation of wide cracks in the ground, occurrence of numerous landslides and avalanches.
|
| Strong
catastrophe
| All constructions are destroyed. The terrain is changed.
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