10.2312/EMS-98.FULL.FR
Grünthal, Gottfried
Gottfried
Grünthal
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5992-8362
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam
Levret, Agnès
Agnès
Levret
l'Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-aux-Roses
Musson, Roger M. W.
Roger M. W.
Musson
British Geological Survey, Edinburgh
Schwarz, Jochen
Jochen
Schwarz
Bauhaus University Weimar
Stucchi, Massimiliano
Massimiliano
Stucchi
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5870-1542
Istituto di Ricerca sul Rischio Sismico, C.N.R., Milan
L'Echelle Macrosismique Européenne = European Microseismic Scale 1998 (EMS-98)
Centre Européen de Géodynamique et de Séismologie
2001
Report
2001
https://doi.org/10.2312/ems-98
Cahiers du Centre Européen de Géodynamique et de Séismologie ; 19
Cahiers du Centre Européen de Géodynamique et de Séismologie ; 19
French translation of the full European Macroseismic Scale (ESM-98). The European Macroseismic Scale (EMS), developed on behalf of the European Seismological Commission and supported by the Council of Europe has become the basis for evaluation of seismic intensity not only in European countries but is in use on all continents. Issued in 1998 as a result of intensive worldwide application of its test version from 1992 (ESM-92), the scale is referred to as EMS-98. The European Macroseismic Scale is the first intensity scale designed to encourage co-operation between civil engineers and seismologists, rather than being for use by seismologists alone. It comes with detailed guidelines, which includes illustrations, photos for classifying typical damage pattern to building types, application examples, and specifications on assessing intensity from historical records. The EMS-98 proved as well as risk predictive tool, since its differentiation of structures (buildings) to vulnerability classes combined with its logic structure enables assessing seismic risk to, e. g., municipalities. More details on background information on establishing the EMS-98 can be found in the Introduction to the full scale.