Haiti was a 7.0. I think for each whole number, the magnitude is 1000 times.
So, a 7.0 is 1000 times more powerful that a 6.0. A 8.0 is 1000 times more powerful than a 7.0 -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Milo Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 12:18 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: well... i just survived a 5.8mag earthquake Sounds like this is pretty serious for building damage. Looks like we got off easy in terms of loss of life. Same magnitude as the Hait quake 2 years ago. I guess we get to see how good Jefferson was as an architect. All those old buildings got shook. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:341885 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
