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The paper discusses a draft national standard, Earthquake Intensity Scale. The characteristics of the new scale are described, as well as its difference from other seismic intensity scales. Consideration is given to the continuities between the new scale and previous ones. Comments and suggestions concerning the text of the scale are analyzed.
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Original Russian Text © F.F. Aptikaev, O.O. Erteleva, 2016, published in Voprosy Inzhenernoi Seismologii, 2016, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 43–52.
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Aptikaev, F.F., Erteleva, O.O. A new generation Russian seismic scale. Seism. Instr. 53, 146–154 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0747923917020025
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