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TIL that each 1 step on the moment magnitude earthquake scale is 10^1.5 ≈ 31.62 times apart energetically, and thus every 2 steps are 10^3 = 1,000 apart while each fraction of a step is 10^(1.5*fr... (en.wikipedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/WhatsUpLabradog on 2025-02-07 07:41:17.

Original Title: TIL that each 1 step on the moment magnitude earthquake scale is 10^1.5 ≈ 31.62 times apart energetically, and thus every 2 steps are 10^3 = 1,000 apart while each fraction of a step is 10^(1.5*fraction) apart, e.g. a 5.4 earthquake is 10^0.6 ≈ 3.98 times more energetic than a 5.0 earthquake.

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