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minus-squareHerbal Gamer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoI think they mean it’s a 8.0 earthquake and a 80.0 earthquake.
minus-squarewellbuddyweek@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoNo 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
minus-squareHerbal Gamer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoso imagine adding 72 points
I think they mean it’s a 8.0 earthquake and a 80.0 earthquake.
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
so imagine adding 72 points
THAT’S SO MUCH WORSE!