Yikes- it’s just unreal.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010tfc3.php
Magnitude 6.3 - SALTA, ARGENTINA
2010 February 27 15:45:41 UTC
HOLY COW!
# Magnitude 6.3 #quake hits Argentina, centered near Salta - U.S. Geological Survey 4 minutes ago via BreakingNews Headquarters
someone who is knowledgeable (heck I didn’t even know the Richter Scale was out of date or how to pronounce Chile)
How do you determine the difference between a separate earthquake & an aftershock?
Point in case the 6.4 event that just occurred in Argentina.
Oh My!!! That one in Japan set off a swirl of them!!
4.1 in Central California this morning. That’s not very big, but it’s not too common either.
I know that there are actual limits for the wind speeds in hurricanes and tornados...du to the laws of physics..but is there a atheoretical, or actual limit to the maximum strength of on earthquake..?IOW, is an 11.0, or a 14.0, a possible event?