central, weather, administration, seismic, intensity, scale, chinese, 交通部中央氣象署地震震度分級, cwasis, seismic, intensity, scale, used, taiwan, established, central, weather, administration, scale, overview, edit, intensity, 震度分級, strong, ground, acceleration, ground, . The Central Weather Administration seismic intensity scale Chinese 交通部中央氣象署地震震度分級 CWASIS is a seismic intensity scale used in Taiwan It was established by the Central Weather Administration Scale overview editCentral Weather Administration seismic intensity scale 1 2 3 Intensity 震度分級 Strong Ground Acceleration cm s2 gal Ground Speed cm s Effects on People Effects Indoors Effects Outdoors0 Micro 無感 below 0 8 gal Not felt 1 Very minor 微震 0 8 2 5 gal Felt only by a few people at rest vibrates slightly 2 Minor 輕震 2 5 8 0 gal Felt by the majority of people Some awakened from sleeping Hanging lamps and objects vibrate slightly Standing vehicles vibrate slightly similar to being passed by a truck but only lasts for a short time 3 Light 弱震 8 0 25 gal Felt by nearly everyone a few frightened Buildings shake dishes windows and doors shake making sounds hanging objects shake visibly Standing vehicles vibrate obviously electric wires sway gently 4 Moderate 中震 25 80 gal less than 15 cm s Many people are quite frightened looking for safe shelter Most people are awakened from sleep Buildings rock noticeably unstable objects topple over heavy furniture moves may cause slight damage Felt by drivers electric wires sway obviously felt by people walking 5 5 Strong 強震 80 gal and above 15 30 cm s Most people are considerably frightened Walls crack heavy furniture may overturn Noticeably felt by drivers some chimneys and large archways topple over 5 30 50 cm s6 6 Very strong 烈震 50 80 cm s People have trouble walking due to violent rocking Damage to some buildings heavy furniture overturns doors and windows bend Drivers have trouble steering sand and clay blasts occur 6 80 140 cm s7 Great 劇震 140 cm s and above People move with difficulty due to severe rocking Severe damage to or collapse of some buildings almost all furniture moves or falls down Landslides and faults rupture occur railway bend underground lines break References edit 交通部中央氣象局有感地震報告發布作業要點 PDF 2019 12 11 Archived PDF from the original on 2019 12 11 Retrieved 2021 06 02 交通部中央氣象局新聞稿 地震百問 震度 Central Weather Bureau nbsp This Taiwan related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Central Weather Administration seismic intensity scale amp oldid 1217544204, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
