What makes a 6.0 a 6.0?
Posted by Tony on January 26, 2006 at 13:01:55:

Hi -

This is not a Richter scale question. I am curious to know how a quake winds up with so much intensity. For example, if there is a geologic movement along a fault, it could produce a 3.0 earthquake. It could also produce a 6.0 earthquake.

This might seem like a real fundamental question, but what is the correlation between movement and intensity of a quake? Further, is intensity just a matter of chance?

Tony

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     ● Re: What makes a 6.0 a 6.0? - Don in Hollister  14:40:54 - 1/26/2006  (33141)  (2)
        ● magnitude vs intensity - John Vidale  21:00:16 - 1/26/2006  (33169)  (0)
        ● Re: What makes a 6.0 a 6.0? - chris in suburbia  16:50:58 - 1/26/2006  (33157)  (1)
           ● Re: What makes a 6.0 a 6.0? - Petra  18:50:24 - 1/26/2006  (33163)  (1)
              ● Re: What makes a 6.0 a 6.0? - Tony  21:37:39 - 1/26/2006  (33170)  (1)
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