isoseismal
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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The third isoseismal includes a district in which buildings were only occasionally thrown down, though none escaped some slight damage, and in which practically no loss of life occurred.
From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles
Including the undisturbed intermediate portion, this would give a total length of focus of about 16 miles, a result we have already inferred from the dimensions of the isoseismal 8.
From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles
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 Davison, Charles
Its boundary occupies approximately the position that would be taken by an isoseismal of intensity between 7 and 6 of the principal earthquake.
From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles
The isoseismal 4 may be regarded as the boundary of the disturbed area of the earthquake, for, so far as known, the shock was not noticed at any point outside it.
From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles
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