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14. Seismic scale used and developed by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology to measure the intensity of an earthquake. It was developed as upon a specific response to the 1990 Luzon earthquake.*1 pointMercalli scaleRichter scaleSeismoscalePEIS

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  1. Seismic scale used and developed by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology to measure the intensity of an earthquake. It was developed as upon a specific response to the 1990 Luzon earthquake.*1 pointMercalli scaleRichter scaleSeismoscalePEIS
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The seismic scale used and developed by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology to measure the intensity of an earthquake, specifically in response to the 1990 Luzon earthquake, is the PEIS (Philippine Earthquake Intensity Scale).

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Answer this using the PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Scale (PEIS) *

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