Publisher： Springer Publishing Company
ISSN： 0039-3169
Source： Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, Vol.50, Iss.1, 2006-01, pp. : 147-160
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Abstract
Macroseismic evaluation of the 1855 Visp (Wallis, Switzerland) earthquake effects presented by Volger in 1856–58 is discussed. It is demonstrated that the macroseismic scale of the damage-to-buildings submitted and applied by Volger as well as his construction of isoseismal-like (iso-damage) lines into map of the affected region represents the first standard macroseismic analysis of an earthquake. In such a way Volger’s concept has been accepted as a model approach to earthquake study by many later seismologists of the pre-instrumental period.
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