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by wilg 806 days ago
What does "intense" mean?
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nashashmi 806 days ago
The shockwaves travel further. The 2011 earthquake was in Virginia and everyone felt it on the eastern seaboard. It was only 2.4 M too. Still.
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areyousure 806 days ago
In case anyone was curious, the 2011 Virginia earthquake was magnitude 5.8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake
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nashashmi 806 days ago
Yes. Thanks for the correction. I didn’t know
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