The Japan Meteorological Agency has a unique seismic scale called shindo that measures ... At the seismic intensity of upper 5, people find it difficult to move and dishes could fall out from ...

Earthquakes and seismic activity often happen with sudden ... is communicated with the Modified Mercalli (MM) Intensity Scale. Here's a summary of how they correlate: Under 5.0 magnitude: These ...

Most scales are based on the amplitude of seismic waves recorded on seismometers ... and the amount of damage that occurred, to estimate its intensity. The Mercalli scale was designed to do just that ...

A powerful earthquake with a maximum intensity of just under 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 struck in the Hyuganada Sea off Miyazaki Prefecture around 4:43 p.m. on Aug. 8 ...

When an earthquake measuring a lower 5 or stronger on the 7-point Japanese seismic intensity scale is predicted, public broadcaster NHK airs ･･･ ...

April 26, 2025, marks the 125th birthday of Cincinnati native Charles Richter, the inventor of the Richter Scale. The seismologist, aka Earth scientist, invented the critical measurement tool to ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 on Friday struck Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa, south of Tokyo, local weather agency said. The temblor occurred at 7.57 p.m. local time ...

As of the morning of May 21, the earthquake near New Britain was the only one in New England to occur in the past day, ...

The panel now estimates that the seismic intensity would reach the maximum of 7 on the Japanese scale in 10 prefectures, and lower 6 or above in 24 prefectures. Estimated tsunami height map of a ...

The temblor occurred on Monday at 0:50 a.m. local time, measuring lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7, said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The epicentre was located at a ...