On Thursday (24/3) night, an earthquake of 6.8 magnitude hit Burma, near the Thailand border - 235 kilometers north-east of Chiang Mai, which is the second most populous city in Thailand as well as a popular tourist destination, to be exact. The last report announced that at least 75 people were killed in the disaster and at least 100 are injured. The earthquake could be felt in Bangkok, Hanoi and parts of China.
And just almost two weeks ago, a grand quake of 9.0 magnitude hit Japan, triggering the massive waves of tsunami and causing nuclears to explode. The earthquake and tsunami have been dangerous themselves, and now the radioactive from the nuclears are contaminating water and food supplies, causing even more danger to the Japanese. This also means they will be shorter on refreshements.
A lot of earthquakes have been occuring lately - mostly tectonics - and they often have other disasters following, natural or otherwise. And for this reason, even though I am not an expert in geography - never have been - I am going to discuss about the Richter Magnitude Scale, which is, as far as I know, the most frequently used scale used to measure earthquakes.
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