中ちゅう地じ震しん

noun

moderate earthquake

Technical term used in seismology and disaster reporting for an earthquake of moderate intensity, typically around magnitude 5 to just under 6 on the Japanese seismic scale.

• 気き象しょう庁ちょうは、この揺ゆれを中ちゅう地じ震しんと分ぶん類るいした。

  The Japan Meteorological Agency classified this tremor as a moderate earthquake.