The problem is compressing all quakes into a 1 to 100 non-logarithmic scale. You really can't.
>>The problem is compressing all quakes into a 1 to 100 non-logarithmic scale. You really can't. <<
Lets see.
Richter = linear scale
1 = 1
2 = 10
3 = 100
Yeah; that "put them all on a 1-100 scale" idea runs out of room real fast. Maybe that is why Charles Richter used a logarithmic scale in the first place? So much of physics is log rather than scalar, maybe the pubic schools should take some time to demystify it.
In my case, learning to use a slip-stick (back when a "calculator" had a power cord, said 'Marchant' on it, was a bit bigger than a typewriter, and went, "Ka-chunka-ta, ka-chunka-ta, ka-chunka-ta, ka-chunk-a-ding!") drove home the realities of log scales.