Overview [ ]
Since Earthquake feats are relatively common in fiction I decided to put together a basic chart that yields the output of Earthquakes from Magnitude 1 to 10.5
Radiated Waves [ ]
Magnitude
Joules
Tons
Tier
Magnitude 1
1.995262e+6
0.000476879063098 Tons
Wall level
Magnitude 1.5
1.122018e+7
0.0026816873805 Tons
Wall level+
Magnitude 2
6.309573e+7
0.0150802413958 Tons
Small Building level
Magnitude 2.5
3.548134e+8
0.0848024378585 Tons
Small Building level+
Magnitude 3
1.995262e+9
0.476879063098 Tons
Building level
Magnitude 3.5
1.122018e+10
2.6816873805 Tons
Large Building level
Magnitude 4
6.309573e+10
15.0802413958 Tons
City Block level
Magnitude 4.5
3.548134e+11
84.8024378585 Tons
City Block level+
Magnitude 5
1.995262e+12
476.879063098 Tons
Multi-City Block level
Magnitude 5.5
1.122018e+13
2.6816873805 Kilotons
Small Town level
Magnitude 6
6.309573e+13
15.0802413958 Kilotons
Town level
Magnitude 6.5
3.548134e+14
84.8024378585 Kilotons
Town level+
Magnitude 7
1.995262e+15
476.879063098 Kilotons
Large Town level
Magnitude 7.5
1.122018e+16
2.6816873805 Megatons
Small City level
Magnitude 8
6.309573e+16
15.0802413958 Megatons
City level
Magnitude 8.5
3.548134e+17
84.8024378585 Megatons
City level+
Magnitude 9
1.995262e+18
476.879063098 Megatons
Mountain level
Magnitude 9.5
1.122018e+19
2.6816873805 Gigatons
Small Island level
Magnitude 10
6.309573e+19
15.0802413958 Gigatons
Island level
Magnitude 10.5
3.548134e+20
84.8024378585 Gigatons
Island level+
Total Seismic Energy [ ]
Magnitude
Joules
Tons
Tier
Magnitude 1
3.899420e+10
9.3198374761 Tons
Large Building level+
Magnitude 1.5
2.192805e+11
52.4092973231 Tons
City Block level+
Magnitude 2
1.233105e+12
294.71916826 Tons
Multi-City Block level
Magnitude 2.5
6.934258e+12
1.65732743786 Kilotons
Small Town level
Magnitude 3
3.899420e+13
9.3198374761 Kilotons
Town level
Magnitude 3.5
2.192805e+14
52.4092973231 Kilotons
Town level+
Magnitude 4
1.233105e+15
294.71916826 Kilotons
Large Town level
Magnitude 4.5
6.934258e+15
1.65732743786 Megatons
Small City level
Magnitude 5
3.899420e+16
9.3198374761 Megatons
City level
Magnitude 5.5
2.192805e+17
52.4092973231 Megatons
City level+
Magnitude 6
1.233105e+18
294.71916826 Megatons
Mountain level
Magnitude 6.5
6.934258e+18
1.65732743786 Gigatons
Small Island level
Magnitude 7
3.899420e+19
9.3198374761 Gigatons
Island level
Magnitude 7.5
2.192805e+20
52.4092973231 gigatons
Island level+
Magnitude 8
1.233105e+21
294.71916826 Gigatons
Large Island level
Magnitude 8.5
6.934258e+21
1.65732743786 teratons
Small Country level
Magnitude 9
3.899420e+22
9.3198374761 Teratons
Country level
Magnitude 9.5
2.192805e+23
52.4092973231 Teratons
Country level+
Magnitude 10
1.233105e+24
294.71916826 Teratons
Large Country level
Magnitude 10.5
6.934258e+24
1.65732743786 Petatons
Continent level+
Notes and Sources [ ]
Source: Alabamaquake
To quote DontTalk : "Total Seismic Energy should only be used for real earthquake. It shouldn't be used for physical earthquakes or earthquakes caused through abilities."