震度

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 震度 (しんど) combines shaking 震 and degree 度 to denote seismic intensity at a particular location.
• Basic usage: It is an announced local measure that may differ from place to place for the same earthquake.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Local intensity rather than one event-wide value
  • 震度 measures observed shaking at a site, so different areas can report different intensities for one earthquake.