An earthquake strikes at midnight. Everyone in your house i…
An earthquake strikes at midnight. Everyone in your house is awakened. A few things fall off the dresser and bookshelves, and some dishes are broken. Then heavy furniture is moved and falls. Luckily you are able to get out of the house into an open field, away from structures. Your chimney falls, but the chimneys of all of your neighbors remain standing. **Do your best to estimate the Intensity of the earthquake at your location and write it below. Use the Modified Mercalli or USGS Intensity scale. There are a range of possible answers here; I’ve accounted for that. Please write only one Roman numeral to indicate your answer.
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Earthquake moment magnitude is calculated by multiplying which of the following together. **There are THREE correct answers here. You must select all correct answers, and only those correct answers, to get full credit for this question.
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