It’s an exponential scale, so I think every point is a factor of ten. Thats ten times
That’s what I thought, but there are people both here and on the news (CNN) saying every point is 32 to 1.
That’s why I said if every point is 32 to 1...
If each point point is 10 to 1 then a 8.8 is 63 times stronger than a 7.0.
That’s what I learned in elementary school; that the Richter scale was an exponential scale that advanced by a factor of ten.
An 8.0 earthquake is 10 times the size of a 7.0.
A 9.0 earthquake is 100 times the size of a 7.0.
Mr. Hollis, my fifth grade science teacher, has his credibility on the line here.
Is Mr. Hollis right or is he wrong?
I remember the ‘71 Sylmar quake and the ‘94 Northridge quake, but an 8.8 would be almost 100 times the size of the 7.2 ‘89 Bay Area quake.