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Old 11-30-2018, 04:27 PM   #3
ursus
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Default Re: 7.0 Earthquake in Anchorage Alaska

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Originally Posted by Synchro909 View Post
I have to rely on my imagination when it come to earthquakes. We never have any of consequence. A couple of weeks ago, one at 2.6 made the news because even that was so unusual. I hope all is well in that shaky part of the world.
The Richer Magnitude Scale is logarithmic. For example, a quake of 5 is 32 times more powerful than a quake of 4 magnitude. A 7 is really rockin' and rollin'. Your car won't be where it was when you parked it.
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