There have been more than 4,700 earthquakes since Thursday’s 6.4-magnitude event, according to John Bellini, a geophysicist with the USGS
Why Friday’s quake was 11 times stronger but only 5 times bigger than Thursday’sBroken bottles cover the floor of a liquor store in Ridgecrest, California, following an earthquake on Friday ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Friday quake has been described as both five times bigger and 11 times stronger thanrefers to the scientific measure of the
earthquake. On the seismograph, Friday’s quake is technically five times stronger than Thursday’s quake.refers to the intensity of the quake. Friday’s quake released 11 times the amount of energy than Thursday’s quake.The energy released in a quake is what causes damage. Or, as the USGS puts it:"It is really the energy or strength that knocks down buildings."
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