{"id":2716,"date":"2024-09-03T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T01:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/?post_type=disaster-prevention&#038;p=2716"},"modified":"2024-12-18T15:36:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T06:36:08","slug":"magnitude-and-jma-seismic-intensity-scale","status":"publish","type":"disaster-prevention","link":"https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/disaster-prevention\/magnitude-and-jma-seismic-intensity-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnitude \uff06 JMA Seismic Intensity Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"945\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Magnitude_JMA_1-.jpg\" alt=\"difference terms between magnitude and JMA scale\" class=\"wp-image-2717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Magnitude_JMA_1-.jpg 945w, https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Magnitude_JMA_1--300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Magnitude_JMA_1--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Magnitude_JMA_1--768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f7b43e31ecd29d6936b8143c06a2779d\"><strong>JMA Seismic Intensity Scale:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fc5f374b8c302f3a76dfd5ad975abd07\">Numerical value for the scale of shaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Japan, a scale of 10 is used to describe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JMA comes from each observation point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0b60a37d1b8297b345e9687e97b6b2e0\"><strong>Magnitude \/ Richter Scale:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Numerical value representing the energy (size) of the earthquake itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Magnitude is only one number for each earthquake, coming from epicenter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the magnitude is large but the epicenter is distant or deep, the ground will not shake much and the intensity will be small if the magnitude is small but the epicenter is close or shallow, the ground will shake and the intensity will be large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,  that these two figures are only &#8220;indices&#8221; and the scale of the earthquake is not proportional to the size of the figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c87f87c352a4372c132ce0bbf4096448\">Also JMA dos not increase in relation to he magnitude of the earthquake.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"945\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Magnitude_JMA_2-.jpg\" alt=\"image of big earthquake\" class=\"wp-image-2718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Magnitude_JMA_2-.jpg 945w, https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Magnitude_JMA_2--300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Magnitude_JMA_2--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Magnitude_JMA_2--768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"945\" height=\"945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Magnitude_JMA_3-.jpg\" alt=\"JMA Seismic Intensity Scale \" class=\"wp-image-2719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Magnitude_JMA_3-.jpg 945w, https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Magnitude_JMA_3--300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Magnitude_JMA_3--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Magnitude_JMA_3--768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Japan, the use of seismic intensity (JMA) is thought to be an easy way for residents in the affected areas to take disaster prevention action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2720,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","disaster-prevention_category":[66],"class_list":["post-2716","disaster-prevention","type-disaster-prevention","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","disaster-prevention_category-useful-tips-for-disaster-preparedness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disaster-prevention\/2716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disaster-prevention"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/disaster-prevention"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disaster-prevention_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pro-7.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disaster-prevention_category?post=2716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}