6x Strong Than Japan's
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cypresstx on 4/17/2016, 6:55 am
The Latest: Expert: Ecuador's Quake 6x Strong Than Japan's
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/04/17/world/americas/ap-lt-ecuador-earthquake-the-latest.html?_r=0
QUITO, Ecuador - The Latest on the earthquake in Ecuador. (all times local):
5:20 a.m.
Ecuador's earthquake is about six times stronger and has released more energy than the one in Japan a day before.
David Rothery, a professor of planetary geosciences at The Open University, northeast of London, says the total energy released by the magnitude-7.8 quake Saturday in Ecuador was "probably about 20 times greater" than the magnitude-7.0 quake in Japan on Friday.
Rothery told The Associated Press on Sunday that bigger quakes last longer, so both the strength of the shaking and the duration contribute to the total energy.
Rothery says the quake in Ecuador began deeper underground than the recent Japan quakes, which would have lessened the shaking on the ground. But the greater loss of life and greater damage in Ecuador can be attributed to the country's less stringent construction codes.
The scientist also says "there is no causal relationship between the earthquakes in Ecuador and Japan."
(This item corrects earlier report and headline to show the Ecuador quake was six times stronger than Japan's, not 20 times).
they fixed the headline, but not the body of the msg |
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A major earthquake, 7.8, Saturday evening in Ecuador -
Chris in Tampa,
4/16/2016, 9:08 pm- 6x Strong Than Japan's - cypresstx, 4/17/2016, 6:55 am
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