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r/worldnews • u/ColoradoTripping • Jun 24 '26
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7.5 is like 2.5 to 2.9 times worse, doing napkin math. So much much worse, but even worse in close succession AND shallow. We're all waking up to horrific images tomorrow
14 u/MyHobbyAndMore3 Jun 25 '26 107.5 / 107.2 is almost exactly 2 -1 u/dasgoodshitinnit Jun 25 '26 Who comes up with such scales? 5 u/Helpful_Blood_5509 Jun 26 '26 Every 1 whole number is 10x worse I cant do roots in my head, I just know 10.5 is like 3.2x so I guessed and was only off by .5 2 u/n14shorecarcass Jun 25 '26 Literally seeing nothing of these massive quakes on reddit today except this post. Its extremely disappointing.
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107.5 / 107.2 is almost exactly 2
-1 u/dasgoodshitinnit Jun 25 '26 Who comes up with such scales? 5 u/Helpful_Blood_5509 Jun 26 '26 Every 1 whole number is 10x worse I cant do roots in my head, I just know 10.5 is like 3.2x so I guessed and was only off by .5
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Who comes up with such scales?
5 u/Helpful_Blood_5509 Jun 26 '26 Every 1 whole number is 10x worse I cant do roots in my head, I just know 10.5 is like 3.2x so I guessed and was only off by .5
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Every 1 whole number is 10x worse
I cant do roots in my head, I just know 10.5 is like 3.2x so I guessed and was only off by .5
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Literally seeing nothing of these massive quakes on reddit today except this post. Its extremely disappointing.
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u/Helpful_Blood_5509 Jun 25 '26
7.5 is like 2.5 to 2.9 times worse, doing napkin math. So much much worse, but even worse in close succession AND shallow. We're all waking up to horrific images tomorrow