Yeah, 5.9 in NorCal is much different than a 7.0 in Port Au Prince. It also makes a big difference how deep the quake is located and how fast the period of shaking is. A shallower, high frequency quake will be different than a deep low frequency quake even if they are both the same magnitude.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >> ya ;) I wondered last time if the lack of injuries was due to everyone being >> so relaxed. I mean -- 6.9 vs what was Haiti, 7.0? But it helps to have a >> building code, apparently, and enough money around to build the buildings >> right ;) > > Money and building codes to help, but the Richter Scale is logarithmic > so their 6.9 was roughly 10 times worse than your 5.9 > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale > > -Cameron > > ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311695 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
