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		dkasper on March 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 2K earthquakes in 1 day off Canada coast Quite literally a magnitude 5 is 10000x the strength of mag 1!

didgetmaster on March 23, 2024 [–]

Absolutely. Many people don't realize that earthquakes are measured using an exponential scale. A magnitude 8 quake is 10x stronger than a magnitude 7.

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