[brenainn]

Lots of factors affect how an earthquake is felt, so you're better off looking at peak ground acceleration and the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000i90q...

You can see on the shakemap Taipei has an MMI of close to 4, which corresponds to: "Felt indoors by many, outdoors by few during the day: At night, some are awakened. Dishes, windows, and doors are disturbed; walls make cracking sounds. Sensations are like a heavy truck striking a building. Standing motor cars are rocked noticeably."

[brenainn]

Coming back to this I understand now you were referring to Taiwan's own intensity scale and not some recalculated magnitude - my bad! Wanted to clear up that I wasn't dunking on Taiwan's measurements. Their own intensity scale is likely better tuned for the region.

[graderjs]

This is all, awesome. Thanks! I did not know a lot of these details! :) ;p xx ;p