Well. I tried the math myself with the earthquake calculator. And here's what I got. I did two ends. One for Phoenix specifically cause his was no doubt the strongest Quake. And done at the end of the season. Which is likely why it's much stronger quake. Shown here
Phoenix downright shakes the building so hard the stand explodes
And one for the witnesses and prosecutors who tend to shake the building to smaller degrees. They still heavily shake it at times. Just to a less degree than Phoenix who indirectly destroyed something via his quake. This one is more consistent as well as very heavily consistent across games and anime.
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April May does it at 1:50 to 2:05 more than once
Wendy Oldbag does it at 3:53
And Manfred does it at 9:25
A couple of examples from the first season of the anime.
So, How much force does it take to shake the courthouse? Let's take a look.
I will be using the
Earthquake Calculations page and The "Alternative Method to determine Richter Magnitude" to determine the force it takes for Phoenix and others to cause shakes degrees of shaking
Ok so. First. We are doing this twice. And two version on each one. Once for the regular shaking that most everyone does, where it causes notable shaking. But doesn't cause damage to the surrounding area. And the two closes magnitudes it would take for these two. And then the second one will be for Phoenixs who has the most intense shake that it broke a stand. And the two closes magnitudes it would take for these two.
Everyone's average shake
Let's do this step by step.
1. Mercalli Intensity to Magnitude at distance The first step is the figure out the (Richter) Magnitude the earthquake corresponds to at the distance from the epicenter (origin) it is felt at. To do that we look at Table 1 above and pick the appropiate Intensity. Then we use that intensity to pick the appropiate "Magnitude at distance" from the table below.
Ok. So it causes heavy shaking. Enough to notice it's an earthquake. But without the issue to causing damage. This best fits under
Magnitude 3 - 4
Or
Mercalli Intensity III - IV
2. Magnitude at distance to Magnitude at origin To do this knowing how far away from the origin we measured the Magnitude at distance is necessary. We call that distance r (unit should be km). To figure out how much the actual magnitude of the earthquake is we differentiate between 3 cases. We go with the first case which is
1. r < 60km: In this case the formula is (Magnitude at distance) + 0.0238*r = Richter Magnitude of Earthquake
Now. The Courthouse has said to have At the very least 9 identical courtrooms. One courtroom which has been measured before at about 40.6 feet. So we multiple that by 9 and get 365.4 feet or 0.11137392 Kilometers
Magnitude 3 end
(Magnitude at distance) + 0.0238*r = Richter Magnitude of Earthquake.
3 + 0.0238*0.11137392 = 3.0026506993 Richter magnitude
Final step. This isn't a meteor impact or natural earthquake which leaves
Others: Used for any artificially created earthquakes or earthquakes that aren't the former two. The formula is 101.5*(Richter Magnitude)+4.8 = Energy in Joules
And we get
2013613197.38007 joules of force or 0.4812651045363455782 tons of TNT.
Building. That's actually really nice.
Magnitude 4 end
(Magnitude at distance) + 0.0238*r = Richter Magnitude of Earthquake.
4 + 0.0238*0.11137392 = 4.0026506993 Richter magnitude
Final step. This isn't a meteor impact or natural earthquake which leaves
Others: Used for any artificially created earthquakes or earthquakes that aren't the former two. The formula is 101.5*(Richter Magnitude)+4.8 = Energy in Joules
And we get
63676040302.9523 joules of force or 15.21893888693888641 tons of TNT.
City Block. That's a Strong Lawyer.
Phoenix Wrights Shake
Let's do this step by step.
1. Mercalli Intensity to Magnitude at distance The first step is the figure out the (Richter) Magnitude the earthquake corresponds to at the distance from the epicenter (origin) it is felt at. To do that we look at Table 1 above and pick the appropiate Intensity. Then we use that intensity to pick the appropiate "Magnitude at distance" from the table below.
This one is a heavily felt earthquake that caused damage to a solid stand close to the epicenter. This is likely a
magnitude - 4-5 - Via the violent shaking. And stand being shattered despite being a distance away
Mercalli - IV-V
2. Magnitude at distance to Magnitude at origin To do this knowing how far away from the origin we measured the Magnitude at distance is necessary. We call that distance r (unit should be km). To figure out how much the actual magnitude of the earthquake is we differentiate between 3 cases. We go with the first case which is
1. r < 60km: In this case the formula is (Magnitude at distance) + 0.0238*r = Richter Magnitude of Earthquake
Now. The Courthouse has said to have At the very least 9 identical courtrooms. One courtroom which has been measured before at about 40.6 feet. So we multiple that by 9 and get 365.4 feet or 0.11137392 Kilometers
Magnitude 4 end
(Magnitude at distance) + 0.0238*r = Richter Magnitude of Earthquake.
4 + 0.0238*0.11137392 = 4.0026506993 Richter magnitude
Final step. This isn't a meteor impact or natural earthquake which leaves
Others: Used for any artificially created earthquakes or earthquakes that aren't the former two. The formula is 101.5*(Richter Magnitude)+4.8 = Energy in Joules
And we get
63676040302.9523 joules of force or 15.21893888693888641 tons of TNT.
City Block Damn. That's high.
Magnitude 5 end
(Magnitude at distance) + 0.0238*r = Richter Magnitude of Earthquake.
5 + 0.0238*0.11137392 = 5.0026506993 Richter magnitude
Final step. This isn't a meteor impact or natural earthquake which leaves
Others: Used for any artificially created earthquakes or earthquakes that aren't the former two. The formula is 101.5*(Richter Magnitude)+4.8 = Energy in Joules
And we get
2013613197380.07 joules of force or 481.2651045363456319 Tons of TNT.
Multi-Cityblock
Jesus.
Final tally
Everyone shakes Lower end: 2013613197.38007 Joules.
Building
Everyone shakes higher end: 63676040302.9523 Joules.
City Block
Phoenix shakes lower end: 63676040302.9523 Joules.
City Block
Phoenix shakes higher end: 2013613197380.07 joules of force or 481.2651045363456319 Tons of TNT.
Multi-Cityblock
This is where I landed when doing the quake calculation. This is my first attempt at these calculations. So if I made an oppsie. That's probably why. But I think I did it right. I followed step by step to my best ability
