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To: Mr. K
If this was a 7 how many times stronger was the 9.2 in 1964?


24 posted on 11/30/2018 10:30:14 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase
If this was a 7 how many times stronger was the 9.2 in 1964?,p>I believe the Richter scale is exponential. So it is a yuge difference.
The Richter scale is logarithmic, meaning that whole-number jumps indicate a tenfold increase.
Just like the decibel scale.
37 posted on 11/30/2018 2:42:44 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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