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earthquake

Term

The violent shaking of the ground produced by deep seismic waves, beneath the epicentre, generated by a sudden decrease or release in a volume of rock of elastic strain accumulated over a long time in regions of seismic activity (tectonic earthquake). The magnitude of an earthquake is represented by the Richter scale; the intensity by the Mercalli scale.

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Publication year

2004

Definition source URL

http://www.eionet.eu.int/GEMET

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EEA

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European Environment Agency

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Long definition

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