S&F I've been trying to find a scale for some time. Thanks a ton

I think it would be strong enough to give an adult shaken baby syndrome. Am I wrong?

So does it top off at magnitude 10 or can we see a magnitude 14 eq some day?

Very informative.

I just taught my 12 year old something besides whats been blasted over the news the last few days.
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Thank you.

Its hard to imagine that the largest on the video, the 9.5 would be dwarfed by the 9.8 that created the tsunami that killed 250,000 by...33x and then that multiplied by 33x greater and all that again by 33x.

The big ten would then be 33 times greater than a 9.9.

Where would you not feel that?

I think if Yellowstone popped off the whole world would feel it. volcano's are stronger and more dangerous to us then earthquakes. If we have a mega volcano like Yellowstone, it would be an extinction level event for all but bunker-ed souls. A 10 would be devastating no doubt, but mega volcanoes are where the doom lies.

Originally posted by winterkill
Its hard to imagine that the largest on the video, the 9.5 would be dwarfed by the 9.8 that created the tsunami that killed 250,000 by...33x and then that multiplied by 33x greater and all that again by 33x.

The big ten would then be 33 times greater than a 9.9.

Where would you not feel that?

Going by that it would be...

39135393x stronger then the 9.5...

Id say that would be more or less an extinction level event ... a real globe splitter.

So I dont think any of us will be around to experience a mag 10. Thankfully... and if we did, it would be over pretty quick. Small mercies i guess.

We'll find out how big a Mag 10 quake is shortly, I predict it will be around Feb/march

Mag 10 earthquake is kinda "bad". Ground would move 10 times more than in Indian Ocean earthquake in 2004 (which was 9.0). It would release 32x more energy.

Originally posted by nrd101
I think if Yellowstone popped off the whole world would feel it. volcano's are stronger and more dangerous to us then earthquakes. If we have a mega volcano like Yellowstone, it would be an extinction level event for all but bunker-ed souls. A 10 would be devastating no doubt, but mega volcanoes are where the doom lies.

Not just Yellowstone. There is 5 Supervolcanoes in North America that could trigger the extinction level event.
- Island Park Caldera VEI-8, last eruption 2,1 million years ago
- La Garita Caldera VEI-8, last eruption 27,8 million years ago
- Yellowstone Caldera VEI-8, last eruption 640,000 years ago
- Long Valley Caldera VEI-7, last eruption 760,000 years ago
- Valles Caldera VEI-7, last eruption 1,12 million years ago

Island Park Caldera is right next to the Yellowstone, they are dangerous since if other erupts, other could erupt as well. La Garita is thought to be most dangerous supervolcano, its eruption is one of most energetic events that have happened on Earth. Its eruption was equivalent with 5,000 Tsar Bombas, or 240 000 Megatons of TNT. Good thing is that its now thought to be extinct, but you never know for sure.

And of course there is 3 Supervolcanoes in Europe, 5 in Asia and 5 in Southeast Asia/Oceania area.

and we are all moving to Canada.