"The first, when I saw all the city moving like the water [level XII on the
Mercalli scale!]; the second, when I found myself shut up between four walls; and the third time, when, with the fast fire before me, I thought myself abandoned....
Though the magnitude of the earthquake recorded at the epicentre in the Iran-Pakistan border was massive, he said the Shake Map at Dubai Seismic Network showed the intensity felt in Dubai and Abu Dhabi was about four degrees in the modified
Mercalli Scale.
It measured 7.8 on the 12-point
Mercalli scale and made thousands homeless.
Though the magnitude of the earthquake recorded at the epicentre was in the Iran-Pakistan massive, he said the Shake Map at the Dubai Seismic Network showed the intensity felt in Dubai and Abu Dhabi was about four degrees in the modified
Mercalli Scale. "It was a bit stronger towards Ras Al Khaimah with an intensity of about five degrees.
"The magnitude of the earthquake recorded at 3.52pm at the site was 6.2 in Richter Scale while its intensity according to the modified
Mercalli Scale is six degree at the site.
Unlike the more commonly known Richter scale, which measures the magnitude of an earthquake at its epicenter, the
Mercalli scale measures the intensity of shaking in specific locations -- basically by measuring the destruction of buildings and natural structures.