[xjcsa]

For every increasing number in an earthquake the energy generated is 32 times greater. So an 8 earthquake is 64 times stronger than a 6 point earthquake.

You're doing the math wrong - it's not 32 plus 32; it's 32 TIMES 32. So an 8 is roughly 1,000 times stronger than a 6.

[codercpc]

One of the “experts” on CNN, about an hour ago, said that this earthquake is 800 times stronger than the one that hit Haiti last month.

[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.