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To: Repeal The 17th

Yep, big and shallow, but still 1/1000 of a mag 9 - IIRC.

12 posted on 04/01/2014 5:07:46 PM PDT by Errant (Surround yourself with intelligent and industrious people who help and support each other.)

To: Errant

Nope. Each one count is a magnitude change of 10.
So 6 to 8 is 100 times difference.

13 posted on 04/01/2014 5:08:53 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)

To: Errant

I think it is:
a 9 is 10 times an 8
an 8 is ten times a 7
a 7 is ten times a 6
a 6 is ten times a 5
and so forth and so on.

18 posted on 04/01/2014 5:10:58 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)

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