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

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...