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by Dave Guadagni

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An earthquake that is 6.3 on the Richter scale releases the energy equivalent to about 20,000 tons of TNT (slightly more than the atomic bomb that fell on Hiroshima, Japan). How many times more powerful would a 7.3 earthquake be?

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Dave Guadagni, AIA, is an architect with Robertson/Sherwood/Architects

La Dolorosa Church, Cartago, Costa Rica, damaged by an earthquake.
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