Totally. I remembered the number "5.9", but I was remembering that big aftershock a week later, and conflated the two.
My bad. On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Jacob <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:341897 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
