Heavenly Father, we are grateful the 6.7 in the Northernmost state today was in an area of impact having less than 700 people! We do pray for those who experienced it -- the 7.0 is somehow 31.6 times greater on the surface (was more shallow, less room to absorb or displace power) and it was than the 6.0 one week ago -- praying for an earthquake scale from 1-100000 
-- anyway the scale is by no means linear, but they had the shaking of their lives -- unless they were alive and experienced the 1964 Great Earthquake.
So to try a linear scale of 1 to 100,000, last week's was a 100 and today's a 1000 -- but the 9.2 in 1964 was about 75,000...
Ai breaks it down like this...
Magnitude 6.0 (Last week): Experienced as moderate to strong shaking (MMI V–VI). People are awakened; dishes break; unstable objects overturn. It's the baseline for noticeable, non-damaging strong quakes.
Magnitude 7.0 (Today): Experienced as very strong to severe shaking (MMI VII–VIII). Substantial damage to poorly built structures; chimneys fall; heavy furniture overturns. This is an order of magnitude more powerful in felt intensity than the 6.0.
Magnitude 9.2 (1964 Great Quake): Experienced as extreme and catastrophic (MMI XI–XII). This involves near-total destruction, widespread ground failure, and large-scale permanent changes to the landscape (liquefaction, massive landslides, tsunamis). The energy and sustained shaking duration put this in a completely different category of natural disaster, which is why it sits at the top end of the conceptual scale.
Anyway -- Father, lift up our heads as our redemption draws near -- and help us assemble together all the more as we see the day approaching, Heb 10:25, help responders and give wisdom for emergency preparations -- use it to turn people to the Lord Jesus, thank you Father, in Jesus' Name.
-- anyway the scale is by no means linear, but they had the shaking of their lives -- unless they were alive and experienced the 1964 Great Earthquake.So to try a linear scale of 1 to 100,000, last week's was a 100 and today's a 1000 -- but the 9.2 in 1964 was about 75,000...
Ai breaks it down like this...
Magnitude 6.0 (Last week): Experienced as moderate to strong shaking (MMI V–VI). People are awakened; dishes break; unstable objects overturn. It's the baseline for noticeable, non-damaging strong quakes.
Magnitude 7.0 (Today): Experienced as very strong to severe shaking (MMI VII–VIII). Substantial damage to poorly built structures; chimneys fall; heavy furniture overturns. This is an order of magnitude more powerful in felt intensity than the 6.0.
Magnitude 9.2 (1964 Great Quake): Experienced as extreme and catastrophic (MMI XI–XII). This involves near-total destruction, widespread ground failure, and large-scale permanent changes to the landscape (liquefaction, massive landslides, tsunamis). The energy and sustained shaking duration put this in a completely different category of natural disaster, which is why it sits at the top end of the conceptual scale.
Anyway -- Father, lift up our heads as our redemption draws near -- and help us assemble together all the more as we see the day approaching, Heb 10:25, help responders and give wisdom for emergency preparations -- use it to turn people to the Lord Jesus, thank you Father, in Jesus' Name.
