On Correlation of Seismoscope Response with Earthquake Magnitude and Modified Mercalli Intensity by M. D. Trifunac and A. G. Brady
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A quantitative measure of the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale for earthquakes in ~he western United States has been developed by correlating the peak seismoscope relative displacement response, Sd, with the reported site intensity, IMM. This correlation can be approximated by
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