- The
meizoseismal area in an
earthquake is the area of
maximum damage. For example, in the Charleston,
South Carolina,
earthquake of 1886, the meizoseismal...
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maximum intensity of X (Extreme) on the
Mercalli intensity scale. The
meizoseismal area (area of
maximum damage)
extended for
about 350
kilometres (220 mi)...
- (9:00 am
local time): M 7.0–8.0,
epicenter in the
Missouri Bootheel. The
meizoseismal area was
characterized by
general ground warping, ejections, fissuring...
- September,
devastating a 100 km2 (39 sq mi)
region northwest of the 1957
meizoseismal area.
Preceded by a
damaging sequence of
earthquakes several hours earlier...
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ground deformation, landslides, fissuring, and stream-bank
caving in the
meizoseismal area.
Johnston and
Schweig attribute this
earthquake to a
rupture on...
- down sand, mud, trees, and all
kinds of debris.
Pilots flying over the
meizoseismal area
reported great changes in topography. This was
largely due to enormous...
-
Saudi Arabia. At
least 8
people were
killed and 30 were
injured in the
meizoseismal area. The
earthquake occurred along the Dead Sea
Transform (DST) fault...
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magnitude and
rupture length. This
corresponded with the
trend of the
meizoseismal area. A
causative fault was
possibly identified in 1996 via satellite...
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communications were
entirely knocked out. This area of
maximum damage – the
meizoseismal area – was
approximately 10.5
kilometres (6.5 miles) long and from 3...
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minutes before the mainshock.
Based on the northeast–southwest
trending meizoseismal area,
neither the
nearby Germirud Fault or
South Bozqush Fault Zone were...
