On Jul 17, 3:04 am, Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Jul 16, 5:06 am, Skywise wrote:

Weatherlawyer wrote

http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/lo...magnitude.html

With all due respect to those who compiled it, it is hard to see how
the accuracy can be maintained so evenly. But then it is probably
similar to my efforts, no more than a rule of thumb.

Nope. Not a rule of thumb. It's all in the formula just above that chart...

You are an idiot.

The lad is quite bright and as eager as Garfield's dog but even though
I said some things about him in another newsgroup that I regret
saying; I retract nothing.

On the same message board, concurrent with the OP, I managed to show a
relationship between earthquakes and super-typhoons.

Maybe he just read the wrong post first.

Unfortunately, I now find myself wishing to ask him how many degrees
there are between Japan and Fox Islands Alaska.

Fortunately I have a globe and a large compass.