1.4. Measurement of Earthquakes

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1.4. Measurement of Earthquakes

The earthquake events are scaled either according to the magnitude or intensity of the shock.

1.4.1. Magnitude Scale 1.4.2. Intensity Scale Table 1: Comparison between Richter and Mercalli Scale 1.5.1. Seismic Belts of the world Figure 2: Distribution of Earthquake belts Figure 3: Seismic Zones of India Table 4: Region falling in various zones of the country

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