Measures: Earthquake magnitude. This is a logarithmic scale, plotting greatest displacement from 0 on seismometer after event occurs. Range: 0 to 10+ Reference measurements: 0 – 3.4 This is normal. The first step in assessing earthquake severity is determining whether other people are noticing the Earth move as well. If only you seem to be experiencing the Earth moving, you are likely drunk or having an orgasm or both. 3.5 Not usually felt, but will be recorded. Earthquakes of this magnitude are often the result of office horseplay occurring too close to the seismometer (“Dude – careful!”). 3.6 – 4.5…
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By timonian
Timon Buys is currently a graduate student at the BC Cancer Research Centre. His PhD work has thus far involved attempts to identify genomic signatures of drug resistance in lung tumours. A product of Vancouver Island, he cannot understand why his wife hates Birkenstocks so much. Timon highly recommends that readers visit www.bedroomstudio.cc, a place with tunes that the kids will enjoy. Ian Wilson enjoys climbing and “the group thing”. Ask him about his DNA tattoo.