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To: Swordmaker

Down graded to 6.9
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Which is about 15 times “larger” than the 6.4 if I remember the scale properly.


94 posted on 07/05/2019 8:53:16 PM PDT by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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To: House Atreides

Down graded to 6.9
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Which is about 15 times “larger” than the 6.4 if I remember the scale properly
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The Richter Scale is logarithmic, meaning it goes up by levels of ten, so a magnitude 10 earthquake is 10 times larger than a magnitude 9.


144 posted on 07/05/2019 9:12:44 PM PDT by Pocketdoor
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