Mercalli

English Etymology From the name of Giuseppe Mercalli (1850–1914), Italian geologist, who devised the scale in 1897. Noun - Used attributively to designate a twelve-point scale measuring the intensity of an earthquake; absolutely the Mercalli scale. 329 The observatory of Dunkirk registered in all eleven shocks, all of the fifth grade of Mercalli's scale, and there is no record extant of a similiar seismic disturbance in our island since the earthquake of 1534 . en 1999 Salman Rushdie The Ground Beneath Her Feet 471 The monster quake that hits the Pacific coast of Mexico measures a full nine on the Richter scale, which is to say: as bad as it gets. Also, XII on the Modified Mercalli, meaning complete destruction. Related terms en Mercalli intensity Italian it: Etymology Habitational surname from the village of Mercallo, in Lombardy. Proper noun mfbysense it habitational Further reading mercalli Anagrams it aceillmr Marcelli