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Originally Posted by Brush Okie
Anyone know what damage it caused? I know here in the US that size usually does not do much, but there is could be a bit worse.
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The scales we are familiar with. e.g. the Richter scale or the newer Moment Magnitude scale, are related to the amount of energy released. The damage is dependent on how that energy is delivered to a population area with its people and infrastructure. How the energy is delivered is related to the geology of the area. Mexico city is atop an area that "rings" when energized by an earthquake. Not a good thing. The damage is strongly related to the construction of the infrastructure and how this construction is "tuned" to how the earth will react based on the local geology.
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