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Um, no. LP caused extensive damage in small sections of San Francisco, but the two eqs are nearly the same intensity. PS: I lost my proverbial "I survived the

Um, no. LP caused extensive damage in small sections of San Francisco, but the two eqs are nearly the same intensity. PS: I lost my proverbial "I survived the Loma Prieta in San Jose" t-shirt. Lost half a swimming pool, bookshelves, dishes and so on... our furniture was anchored to the wall studs and computer monitors and other electronics were industrial Velcroed to surfaces.

fragmede 7y ago
In terms of magnitude, a 7.1 earthquake shakes 1.6 times as hard as a 6.9 earthquake, due to the scale being logarithmic.
- pvg 7y ago
  No, the magnitude is not a measure of shaking. There's a comment elsewhere in thread that talks about some of the details.