wow, that is twice as fierce. Each Point on the scale doubles the energy in the quake.
My biggest quake of all time was 7.7, they got me beat by 1.1. Incredible!
Is Washington and Oregon going to be hit, this is pretty big!
I fell asleep (on East Coast time) shortly after posting. Was listening to FNS till I crashed. Trying now to catch up Called daughter/Son in law in SF it was 7a their time and they hadn’t even heard about the earthquake, which struck 134 E of the town where she lived for 2 years, so they will be doubly affected ... some concern for tsunami conditions in SF but more important, her friends in Japan.