Comment on Magnitude 8.0 earthquake, 75km SSE of Lagunas, PeruparentComments−dghughes7yI can't even comprehend the amount of energy required for an 8.0M earthquake.From searching it seems an 8.0M earthquake is equivalent to a nuclear explosion of 6,270,000 tons of TNT but a 7.0M is 199,000 tons of TNT.−audi0slave7yyes, it's log scale
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I can't even comprehend the amount of energy required for an 8.0M earthquake.
From searching it seems an 8.0M earthquake is equivalent to a nuclear explosion of 6,270,000 tons of TNT but a 7.0M is 199,000 tons of TNT.
yes, it's log scale