| ▲ | Arelius 8 days ago | |
I'm actually not sure the Northridge earthquake was cited in the Richter scale, most references I see have it as about a 6.7, which based on the USGS catalog, was it's moment magnitude 6.7 Mw https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci3144585/... And today's earthquake for comparison: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000qw60... And some information of Magnitude types: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/magnitude-t... I think it's probably safe to assume, that today's earthquake is much more energetic at least. | ||
| ▲ | genewitch 8 days ago | parent [-] | |
yeah i misread the charts, where like 3.5ML (richter) is ~5.0, and i missed that it was mb rather than ML, 8.8 ~= 6.7ish body wave magnitude. That's the thing with standards, there's so many to choose from. | ||