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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's like comparing an 8.0 earthquake to a 9.0 earthquake. Millionaire, billionaire, that's the difference between

1945 8.1 British India, Makran Coast 15.0 X Between 300 and 4,000 people were killed. 1945 Balochistan earthquake November 28

and

2004 9.1 Indonesia, Sumatra offshore 30.0 IX This is the third largest earthquake in the world since 1900 and is the largest since the 1964 Alaska earthquake. In total, at least 227,898 people were killed, many more injured and 1,126,900 were displaced by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in 14 countries in South Asia and East Africa. 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake December 26

and that's log 20, a lower order of magnitude than from a million to a billion

this makes sense right? Someone tell me this makes sense

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think they mean it's a 8.0 earthquake and a 80.0 earthquake.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No the richter scale is logarithmic. Adding one point actually multiplies the intensity by 10. (Well, roughly in this case, but it's a lot closer to 9 than to 80)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_scale

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

But 1 million times 10 is… 10 million. You have to multiply it by 1000 to get 1 billion. It’s the difference between an 8 and an 11 on the Richter scale then, no?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes.. yes, you are right. Woops

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It makes it way more insane doesn’t it? An 11 point earthquake is INSANELY strong.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

so imagine adding 72 points

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

THAT'S SO MUCH WORSE!