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Re:7.1 magnitude earthquake hits Japan by InclinedPlane on Thursday April 07, 2011 @01:08PM (#2420253)
Anything over about a 6.5 or so is a pretty big quake. The '89 bay area (Loma Prieta) quake was just a 7.1 (and struck 10s of miles from downtown San Francisco). The recent Haiti earthquake was just a 7.0.
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