[reustle]

Every countries and even regions building practices are different and will be affected differently. Even the distribution of new vs old buildings will take part in how much damage is actually done. USGS doesn't have any of that info and it's just as important as the power of the event itself.

[davidw]

Yep - a 6.4 in central Italy with lots of old stone buildings would be very deadly. In Japan, it'd do much less damage.