magnitude of 6.6 if the same energy was released in one big earthquake.
This number might sound small, however it has to be kept in mind that the magnitude scale of earthquakes
is logarithmic. An increase of one magnitude corresponds to an energy increase by a factor of around
30,
i.e. a magnitude 5 earthquake releases around
30 times more energy than a magnitude 4. It is however
worth to notice
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