Replies

To: ProtectOurFreedom

8.0 to 9.2 is 16x, not 80x

A serious question, how does the number system work?

79 posted on 06/03/2016 5:27:58 AM PDT by Rumplemeyer (The GOP should stand its ground - and fix Bayonets)

To: Rumplemeyer

Example.
A 5.0 is 10X the magnitude of a 4.0 on the Richter scale.

Example.
A 5.1 is twice the magnitude of a 5.0 on the Richter scale.

Make sense?

80 posted on 06/03/2016 6:42:46 AM PDT by Original Lurker

To: Rumplemeyer

It's logarithmic. the number published is only the exponent.

Emaxple: 3.7 earthquake is really 10^3.7

126 posted on 06/04/2016 7:42:23 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

To: Rumplemeyer

It’s logarithmic.

127 posted on 06/04/2016 7:42:38 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794