intensity scale in a sentence

Examples

1. The earthquake had an intensity of VI ( " Strong " ) in Newry as measured by the Mercalli intensity scale.
2. The earthquake measured 7.1 on the moment magnitude scale and IX ( " Violent " ) on the Mercalli intensity scale.
3. Unlike magnitude scales, intensity scales do not have a mathematical basis; instead they are an arbitrary ranking based on observed effects.
4. It had a magnitude of 6.1 and a maximum intensity of IX on the Mercalli intensity scale, causing 15, 000 casualties.
5. The Australian intensity scale is based on maximum wind gusts, which are estimated to be 40 percent above 10-minute sustained winds.
6. It had an estimated magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum intensity of X on the Mercalli intensity scale, causing 216 casualties.
7. The Mercalli intensity scale is sometimes used together with the " Shindo "; however this is not usual practice in Japan.
8. The second, now known as the Mercalli intensity scale, had ten degrees, and expanded on the descriptions in the Rossi Forel scale.
9. The earthquake was felt in San Juan with a maximum of VIII ( " Severe " ) on the Mercalli intensity scale.
10. Hazel was the most intense tropical cyclone of the season, peaking as a Category 5 on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale.