[Dr. Eckleburg]

You're doing the math wrong

It wouldn't be the first time

it's not 32 plus 32; it's 32 TIMES 32. So an 8 is roughly 1,000 times stronger than a 6.

Thank you both for the correct correlation. Having lived through a 7.2, an 8.8 is almost unimaginable.

[Cvengr]

The 1960 9.5 Richter scale quake was preceded the day before with a 7.0 quake.

Hmmmmm.....