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You're conflating two things, magnitude and intensity. This earthquake was measured as a 6.9 moment magnitude, sometimes referred to incorrectly as the "Richte
by qmarchi 3mo ago
You're conflating two things, magnitude and intensity.
This earthquake was measured as a 6.9 moment magnitude, sometimes referred to incorrectly as the "Richter" scale.
The Shindo intensity system is measured without decimal places. In this particular case, the intensity was a 6+. Which isn't the highest, but is still quite severe.
- mc3301 3mo agoAnd the Shindo system is best described as "what it feels like at the specific location" So an earthquake can be a 4 at the epicenter, a 3 a little further away, a 2 even further away, and so on. Common online conversation with a friend in a different prefecture may be something like, "Last night's earthquake was a 3 here, how about you?"