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Didn't feel it here, no.

 

Hope you don't mind snowjunky, you had it tagged as Niigata but this quake has pretty much been Nagano/Toyama, so took that out. :friend:

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Think of it like this snowjunky.

 

Say there is a "magnitude 6" earthquake 100km from where you live one day.

And then there is a "magnitude 6" earthquake directly under your house the next day.

Both are magnitude 6.

But you will sure feel the second one much much more than the first one.

The first one might be a shindo 2.

The second one might be a shindo 5 and be much scarier.

So, the shindo scale is always much more meaningful for you sat in your room when it happens.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Meteorological_Agency_seismic_intensity_scale

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