To: PennsylvaniaMom
They could, but remember that a magnitude 7 earthquake is 1/100 as strong as a magnitude 9.
To: MediaMole; PennsylvaniaMom
They could, but remember that a magnitude 7 earthquake is 1/100 as strong as a magnitude 9. But the energy is a factor of 32 with each magnitude. So the a 9.0 generates 1024 times more energy than a 7.0 -- which makes alot of California quakes seem alot smaller.
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01/01/2005 11:09:51 AM PST by
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