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TrinkieTrinkie522cat t1_ja0wv39 wrote

Compare this to the Loma Prieta earthquake in Calif. A 7.2 and a 6.9. Death toll was 63.

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CKT_Ken t1_ja1bdtx wrote

Magnitude is only relevant for people with an interest in geology. What matters the most is the intensity of the observed above ground shaking, which was less in the cali earthquake (9/12) than Turkey (11/12) per wikipedia.

Lots of Turkey’s buildings also suck, but the Loma Prieta earthquake would never have killed this many people even if it happened in Turkey.

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FamiliarTry403 t1_ja34kgo wrote

I thought these Turkey earthquakes were also only a 9 on the scale

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