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Your assessment is incorrect. The NEIC releases two intensity maps very quickly (1) 'Did you feel it?' based on internet crowd sourcing reports And (2) 'Shake M

Your assessment is incorrect. The NEIC releases two intensity maps very quickly (1) 'Did you feel it?' based on internet crowd sourcing reports And (2) 'Shake Map' from instrumental readings.

needle0 7y ago
Well I didn't say they're not used, just not as much by everyday laypeople and the media. The article for this thread makes no mention, for instance, and out of the top 5 DuckDuckGo search result news articles for "ridgecrest quake" [1], only one of them contained the words "intensity" or "Mercalli". Mentions of shindo values in Japanese news are ubiquitous. [1] https://heavy.com/news/2019/07/ridgecrest-earthquake-damage-injuries/ https://heavy.com/news/2019/07/ridgecrest-earthquake-damage-... https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/07/04/6-6m-quake-strikes-near-ridgecrest-in-kern-county/ https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/07/04/6-6m-quake-strike... https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/earthquake-california-july-2019/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/earthquake-california-j... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ridgecrest-earthquake-aftershock-recorded-today-2019-07-05/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ridgecrest-earthquake-aftershoc... https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ridgecrest-earthquake-size-magnitude-intensity-20190704-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ridgecrest-earthqu...