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Name TWO of the scales used to measure the magnitude and intensity of an earthquake.

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Card 7

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What does the Richter scale meaure?

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Card 8

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What does the Mercalli scale measure?

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Card 9

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What does the Moment Magnitude Scale meaure?

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Card 10

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What does VEI stand for?

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Card 11

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What does the VEI measure?

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Card 12

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Name the SIX characteristics commonly used in producing a tectonic hazard profile.

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Card 13

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Explain the value of compiling hazard profiles.

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Card 14

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Identify the inequalities that make low-income households and communities carry a disproportionate share of disaster 'costs'.

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Card 15

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In what ways does poor governance increase vulnerability to the impacts of tectonic hazards?

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