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To: djf

Yup.

The largest earthquake ever recorded by seismometers (the 1960 Chilean event with 9.5 Mw ) had a seismic moment equivalent to the energy of 9 trillion kilotons of TNT!

7 posted on 02/01/2005 2:39:37 AM PST by djf

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To: djf

Good research, DJF. Hopefully these 6.0+ quakes won't lead to anything that large.

9 posted on 02/01/2005 2:44:13 AM PST by bd476 (God Bless those in harm's way and bring peace to those who have lost loved ones today.)

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