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To: bagster

Well within the margin of error.


The way earthquakes are rated - which is so boggling we only perk our ears if we hear a 6.0 or above and panic if we hear 8.0 or above - it’s like celsius, inscrutable.


971 posted on 04/05/2018 4:11:47 PM PDT by txhurl (The Final Thunderdome: Two Americas enter, One America leaves)
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To: txhurl

Richter Scale is on a logarithmic curve...powers of 10. A 6.0 rated quake releases 10x the energy of a 5.0 event.


1,201 posted on 04/05/2018 7:06:58 PM PDT by EMI_Guy ("You have to slow down to go fast." - Kenny Roberts)
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