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North Korean nuclear test sets off years of earthquakes

225 points · 181 comments · rbanffy

  1. elictronic · · focus · HN ↗
    This article does a very poor job of differentiating earthquakes people feel and care about versus magnitude 2 quakes that are like your neighbor dropping a book upstairs.
    1. RobotToaster · · focus · HN ↗
      Makes me think of the fact that the UK officially has over 300 earthquakes per year, but any you would actually feel are unheard of.
      1. dopa42365 · · focus · HN ↗
        There're like 20 magnitude 4 earthquakes worldwide every day too. Even those are rarely noteworthy.
      2. qingcharles · · focus · HN ↗
        Huh. I never looked this stat up, but I assumed it was close to zero. The one time I had the house rattled in England with a 4.0 was a big surprise.
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