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Originally Posted by sperry
IIRC, for every 1 point up in magnitude, the quake is 10 time stronger. So, imagine a quake a little more than 10 times tonight's.
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Actually for every whole number increase in the Richter scale is about a 31 times as forceful as the previous whole number value.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/topics/richter.php
Aside..I am trippin! I hate the shock that earthquakes have, whereas most other natural happenings has some sort of a sign (usually) I hate the fact that we could be waiting for a 6.0 to hit and out of nowhere be shaking. Ugh, I hate that surprise they have. I almost vaulted off my couch when that last one hit...