The Earthquake in Chile was 819 times stronger than the one in Haiti.
Haiti measured 7.0 in the Moment magnitude scale (which is the ONLY scale used to measure quakes these days. The Richter scale has not been used since the 70's...) while Chile measured 8.8. This is a Logarithmic scale which grows exponentially. Thus, a quake measuring 7.0 is 32 (not 10) times stronger than one measuring 6.0, and so on...
So, 8.0 is 32 times stronger than 7.0; and 8.8 is 25.6 times stronger than 8.0.
32 x 25.6 = 819.2
the biggest earthquake in 1960 Chile was 9.7....
8.2 magnitude, there's been another one in Turkey this morning, it was only 6.2. The question is, why are there so many enviromental crisis happening at the minute?
the richter scale reading of the 1960 chile earthquake is 9.5 which is the highest reading ever
The Maule/BiobÃo earthquake on February 27, 2010, had a moment magnitude of 8.8.
it was the largest ever recorded
The earthquake was an 8.8 magnitude.
The date of the Chile Earthquake was on the 27th February 2010
The magnitude 9.5 earthquake in Chile occurred at 19:11 GMT (14:11 local time) on the 22 May, 1960.
it was 8.8 in the magitude scale
I think in Haiti or Chile
The 2010 Chilean earthquake lasted 90 seconds.
The Earthquake in Chile was created in 1807.
The date of the Chile Earthquake was on the 27th February 2010
The 2010 earthquake that hit Chile was a magnitude 8.8.
Chile was hit by an earthquake early morning on Feb. 27th 2010
I was there and it was A.M
Chilean, Chile.
The largest in recorded history was a 9.5 earthquake in Chile.
Around 30,000 people died in the Chile earthquake in 1939.
The former contestant Elliott Yamin was in Chile at the time of the Earthquake.
The Chile Earthquake in February was the biggest earthquake reported in 2010.
The Chile earthquake was stronger than the Haiti earthquake but, larger because of differences in construction and infrastructure its impact on humans was less severe.
Ran