Talk:Moderate earthquake strikes off the Oregon coast, US

Scales and sizes of Earthquakes

"Large" is usually not used in measuring quakes. On the Richter scale 6.4 would be called "strong". The scale you reference is the "next generation" of the Richter-scale, but the wikipage does not have a similar breakdown. I am not a geologist, but it seems the choice of adjectives can be critical in stories like this. Cheers, --SVTCobra 02:49, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

And it's not even a particularly strong earthquake for the Western United States. I would move it to "moderate." I will right now, actually. TheCustomOfLife 09:14, 10 January 2008 (UTC)