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Magnitude 5.1 earthquake shakes Southern California
(www.cnn.com)
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I never have any idea how bad earthquakes are just by the number. Is 5 a lot? It sounds like a lot. 5 for hurricanes is a lot.
The moment magnitude scale is logarithmic and 6ish is when you start usually seeing serious damage, but stuff around 5.5 can still cause landslides and fuck shit up pretty good.
The scale goes to 10 so 5 is half way, I'd imagine it's substantial enough to feel it.
A 10 is 30 million times as strong as a 5 and has not occurred in human history. The moment magnitude scale goes to 10.6 though.
It'd be nice to have a unified scale for these things.
Bet it'd be a real headache for the scientists that have to implement it too.