09-03-2014, 05:09 PM
An 8-9 is where you wait anxiously for the tsunami call from the experts. This could be strong on land and locally.
To put a 6.0 in perspective, the 2009 Samoa quake in the same region was an 8.1, that is I think over one hundred times as strong as the quake today. 100 times stronger is a huge difference in intensity.
The 8.1 quake generated local tsunami devastated Samoa but did not send a tsunami to Hawai'i.
Kathy
To put a 6.0 in perspective, the 2009 Samoa quake in the same region was an 8.1, that is I think over one hundred times as strong as the quake today. 100 times stronger is a huge difference in intensity.
The 8.1 quake generated local tsunami devastated Samoa but did not send a tsunami to Hawai'i.
Kathy