irstupid said:
mornelithe said:
A 9.8, would be felt far, far beyond CA (Japan's was felt in a ~2500km radius and it was a 9.0)
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The article I read recently about the inacuracies of the movie San Andreas said that the earthquake that the movie had (like a 9.5 or something like it) would only be felt like in New Mexico or something. Nowhere near feeling it in New York or anything.
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I think it may depend highly on where and what depth the earthquake hits at, though from further reading it appears that scientists also think the fault line is not long or deep enough to even achieve a 9.8. 7.9's the highest recorded (1900's).
I would think that most 9.8 EQ's though, would be felt further away than New Mexico, can't say for sure, and I doubt we want to find out hah.