Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale
With the MSK scale ( Medvedev - Sponheuer - Karnik scale) the intensity of an earthquake is given in twelve degrees of strength. It was (later GEOFIAN scale) developed in 1964 by Sergei Medvedev, Wilhelm Sponheuer and Vít Kárník on the basis of the Modified Mercalliskala and the Medvedev scale.
In contrast to magnitude scales, such as the well-known Richter scale, an intensity scale describes those effects of an earthquake on landscape, roads or buildings that can be seen without instruments (macro- seismic ). Depending on local conditions, a single quake, which was classified according to such a scale, in different places have different strengths. Examples of other intensity scales are about the JMA scale, the European macroseismic scale ( EMS scale) or the Rossi - Forel scale.
Related Topics
- Sieberg scale
- Seismology
- Seismograph
- Natural disaster
Intensity scales European macroseismic scale ( EMS) | Environmental Seismic Intensity Scale - ESI 2007 ( INQUA Scale ) | Chinese seismic intensity scale ( Liedu ) | Medvedev Sponheuer - Karnik scale ( MSK) | Modified Mercalli scale (MM ) | JMA scale ( Shindo ) | Sieberg scale
Magnitude scales Codamagnitude Md | Energiemagnitude ME | Einheitsmagnitude m | JMA magnitude Mj / Mjma | local magnitude ( Richter scale ) ML | Mantelmagnitude Mm | moment magnitude MW | Oberflächenwellenmagnitude MS | Raumwellenmagnitude mB and mb ( short periodic)
Historic scales Mercalliskala | Mercalli - Sieberg Cancani scale ( MCS ) | Mercalli -Wood - Neuman - scale ( MWN ) | Medvedev scale ( GEOFIAN scale) | Ōmoriskala | Rossi - Forel scale ( RF)
- Earthquake scale
- Ordinal scale