• Ann Archy@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    It’s like comparing an 8.0 earthquake to a 9.0 earthquake. Millionaire, billionaire, that’s the difference between

    1945 8.1 British India, Makran Coast 15.0 X Between 300 and 4,000 people were killed. 1945 Balochistan earthquake November 28

    and

    2004 9.1 Indonesia, Sumatra offshore 30.0 IX This is the third largest earthquake in the world since 1900 and is the largest since the 1964 Alaska earthquake. In total, at least 227,898 people were killed, many more injured and 1,126,900 were displaced by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in 14 countries in South Asia and East Africa. 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake December 26

    and that’s log 20, a lower order of magnitude than from a million to a billion

    this makes sense right? Someone tell me this makes sense