{"id":368480,"date":"2026-07-29T15:11:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T09:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=368480"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:11:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T09:41:57","slug":"shindo-shaking-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/shindo-shaking-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Shindo Shaking Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck southern Japan, triggering a tsunami advisory and recording Shindo 7, the highest level on Japan&#8217;s seismic intensity scale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Shindo Shaking Scale<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_368491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-368491\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-368491\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-Japan-Times.jpg?resize=300%2C280&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shindo Shaking Scale\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-Japan-Times.jpg?resize=300%2C280&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-Japan-Times.jpg?w=535&amp;ssl=1 535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-368491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Japan Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Shindo (Seismic Intensity) Scale<\/strong>\u00a0 is <strong>Japan&#8217;s unique seismic scale<\/strong> that <strong>measures the degree of shaking and its effects<\/strong> at a specific location <strong>during an earthquake.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Scale range:<\/strong> The scale <strong>ranges from 0 to 7.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Shindo 5 and Shindo 6 further divided into lower and upper levels,<\/strong> making a <strong>total of 10 intensity categories.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Measurement:<\/strong> Unlike earthquake magnitude, the <strong>Shindo Scale measures the shaking experienced at a place rather than the energy released<\/strong> at the earthquake source.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Monitoring system:<\/strong> <strong>Japan now measures Shindo<\/strong> through a <strong>nationwide network of seismographs<\/strong>, which <strong>supports its earthquake early-warning system.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"yellow-h2-box\">About Other Scales Related to Earthquakes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Earthquakes<\/strong> are measured using <strong>two main types of scales<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Magnitude scales measure the size or energy released<\/strong> by an earthquake, while <strong>intensity scales measure the degree of shaking<\/strong> and its effects at a particular location.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Intensity Scales:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mercalli Intensity Scale:<\/strong>\u00a0It measures earthquake <strong>intensity based on the effects on people, buildings, and the Earth&#8217;s surface.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Developed by:<\/strong> It was originally <strong>developed by Giuseppe Mercalli.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Scale range:<\/strong> It has <strong>12 intensity levels, from Intensity I to Intensity XII.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Method of measurement:<\/strong> It evaluates earthquakes <strong>through observed damage and human experience, rather than instrumental measurements.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Medvedev\u2013Sponheuer\u2013Karnik (MSK-64) Scale:<\/strong> It is a <strong>macroseismic intensity scale<\/strong> used <strong>to assess the severity of ground shaking from observed effects.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Developed by:<\/strong> It was proposed <strong>by Sergei Medvedev, Wilhelm Sponheuer, and V\u00edt K\u00e1rn\u00edk in 1964.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Measurement type:<\/strong> It is an <strong>intensity scale.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Scale range:<\/strong> It contains <strong>12 intensity degrees expressed in Roman numerals.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Method of measurement:<\/strong> It measures <strong>earthquake intensity using the observed effects of ground shaking.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Magnitude Scales:<\/strong> Unlike intensity, the <strong>magnitude of an earthquake remains the same regardless of location.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Richter Scale (ML):<\/strong> It measures the magnitude of an earthquake, <strong>representing the energy released at its source.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Developed by:<\/strong> It was <strong>invented in 1935 by Charles F. Richter<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scale: <\/strong>It is a <strong>base-10 logarithmic magnitude scale<\/strong>, where each <strong>one-unit increase represents a tenfold increase in magnitude.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Method of measurement:<\/strong> It measures the <strong>amplitude (height) of the largest seismic wave recorded by a seismograph<\/strong> and <strong>applies corrections<\/strong> for the distance between the seismograph and the earthquake&#8217;s epicentre.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Limitation:<\/strong> It measures the magnitude of an earthquake but does <strong>not measure the damage caused by the earthquake.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Moment Magnitude Scale (Mw): <\/strong>It is a <strong>logarithmic magnitude scale <\/strong>that measures the <strong>total amount of energy released by an earthquake.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Developed by:<\/strong> It was <strong>developed in the 1970s by Japanese seismologist Hiroo Kanamori<\/strong> and <strong>American seismologist Thomas C. Hanks.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>only scale capable of reliably measuring the magnitudes of the largest and most destructive earthquakes,<\/strong> including those <strong>greater than magnitude 8.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Method of measurement:<\/strong> It measures <strong>earthquake size using the fault slip, fault area, and rock rigidity<\/strong>, providing <strong>accurate estimates even for very large earthquakes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck southern Japan, triggering a tsunami advisory and recording Shindo 7, the highest level on Japan&#8217;s seismic intensity scale. About Shindo Shaking Scale The Shindo (Seismic Intensity) Scale\u00a0 is Japan&#8217;s unique seismic scale that measures the degree of shaking and its effects at a specific location during an earthquake.\u00a0 Scale range:&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/shindo-shaking-scale\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Shindo Shaking Scale<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-368480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}