In 1990, when the earthquake struck at magnitude 7.7 on July 16, friends asked one another, “Where were you when it happened?”
We’ve come a long way since then, 32 years it has been, but no experience of an earthquake ever leaves one unshaken or untraumatized enough to say that it’s just another earthquake or we’re prepared for the next one, not for all the drills and safety tips ingrained into our ears and waking consciousness.
If memory serves, Usec Renato Solidum once told reporters that the difference between one magnitude and the next is that the higher number means it’s 32 times more powerful.
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