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Steve Brown

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Aug 8, 2022, 1:03:32 PM8/8/22
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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.

Steve Brown

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Nov 25, 2022, 12:40:58 PM11/25/22
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Le lundi 8 août 2022 à 17:03:32 UTC, Steve Brown a écrit :
> In the film San Andreas, do we use the Richter scale or the Merkel scale to measure earthquakes?
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> We should remember this information, after all, Americans don't make films for nothing, films are also an education.

Sorry, it's Mercalli scale, not Merkel.

John Williamson

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Nov 25, 2022, 1:17:54 PM11/25/22
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Currently the "Modified Mercalli scale" is used. Both are relevant, and
both are used, but use a different way of measuring the strength of an
earthquake.

https://www.diffen.com/difference/Mercalli_Scale_vs_Richter_Scale

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Kerr-Mudd, John

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Nov 25, 2022, 2:16:20 PM11/25/22
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I think he's a 6 lump person.

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