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Originally Posted by joe2288
It is actually 1000 times stronger  . |
Yeah im getting that too after having a look around... 900 times more powerful to be precise..
wow
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How thunderous is 8.8 quake on the Richter scale? The energy released is between 500 and 900 times that of the magnitude 7.0 quake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12, he said. On the complex scale that measures earthquakes, an 8.0 quake releases 30 times the energy of a 7.0, and a 9.0 would release 30 times that, meaning 900 times more energy. An 8.8 would be somewhat less, Dixon said.
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http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/2...-powerful.html