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What would a magnitude 15 earthquake be like? (www.youtube.com)
submitted 8 months ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/xkcd@lemmy.world
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[-] mcqtom@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Magnitude -4 earthquake hit my house today.

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

Dude same, where you at?? I felt that too!

[-] mcqtom@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

I'm in the living room!

[-] CooperHawkes@lemm.ee 10 points 8 months ago

Pop pop!

…I may be in the wrong place for that.

[-] misterundercoat@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

He's got a magnetic attitude.

[-] e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net 7 points 8 months ago

It's weird to say there's no upper limit. Somewhere around magnitude 46, the entire universe would collapse into a black hole. I think once you've destroyed the universe, you can stop counting.

[-] Jeredin@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

Depends on where. Where most the land sits on sand? Pretty bad. Mostly solid stone? Utter destruction.

[-] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

N.K. Jemisin enters the chat

this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2024
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