Distress is measured, not by the number of earthquakes or how they rate on the Richter scale, but by the effect that they have upon people.
Bēdas ir atkarīgas nevis no zemestrīču skaita vai to stipruma pēc Rihtera skalas, bet gan no tā, cik lielu postu šīs zemestrīces cilvēkiem nodara.