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Re: Richter or Merkel ?

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Subject: Re: Richter or Merkel ?
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 09:40:01 -0700
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by: Dimensional Traveler - Sat, 13 Aug 2022 16:40 UTC

On 8/12/2022 10:05 PM, Steve Brown wrote:
> In the film San Andreas, do we use the Richter scale or the Merkel scale to measure earthquakes?
>
> We should remember this information, after all, Americans don't make films for nothing, films are also an education.

Richter. A quick search for "Merkel scale" gets lots of results for
cancer intensity.

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