The scale of the February quake, Europe (EMS) based on sensing seismic intensity in European countries and some countries . This scale in 1998 as a version to the updates of the trial version of 1992 officially released, and with the name of the penetration, Ms-98 (EMS-98) be known.

history penetration, SMS in 1988, began that the commission Seismology of Europe decided that the scale of the Medvedev–– review and updating. The scale of the Medvedev-- in the form of his early, almost for a quarter of a century in Europe, used. After five years of intensive research and development and spending 4 year trial period, etc. the scale of the new officially released. In 1996, twenty parliament, the commission, Seismology in Europe, in Reykjavik a resolution issued to the member states recommend that the from this new scale.

the scale of the February quake, the first scale of seismic intensity is to encourage cooperation between engineers and geologists have designed. instead of only by geologists to be used. This scale, together with the prospectus detailed that includes guidelines, pictures and example applications can be published.

unlike the scales of great earthquakes, which represents the seismic energy discontinued by earthquakes. the scale of the February quake, Europe, the intensity of the effects of earthquakes on a place does not specify. This scale of twelve degrees, is that in the following detailed it comes.