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isoseismal

British  
/ ˌaɪsəʊˈsaɪzməl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to equal intensity of earthquake shock

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a line on a map connecting points at which earthquake shocks are of equal intensity

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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One, on May 20th at about 8.15 A.M., disturbed an area nearly concentric with that of the great earthquake, and with a boundary coinciding nearly with the isoseismal 2 in Fig.

From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Charles Davison

Position of the Originating Fault.—The form, directions, and relative positions of the isoseismal lines furnish important evidence with regard to the originating fault.

From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Charles Davison

The isoseismal 6 is 105 miles long, 87 miles wide, and contains 7,300 square miles; and the isoseismal 5, 157 miles long, 143 miles wide, and about 17,000 square miles in area.

From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Charles Davison

The land area disturbed by the earthquake and the different isoseismal lines are shown in Fig.

From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Charles Davison

Within the isoseismal 3, buildings were more or less slightly damaged.

From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Charles Davison

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