Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100227:17:51:00
Excellent perspective. you know, just once again, i'm going to tell you, i'm glad we have you so that when we get information we can run it by you and you can put it in perspective for us. >> earthquake magnitude, the number you see, 8.8, not only is it shaking, but it is the size of the area that shakes. so you get shaking. let's say that shaking is a 5. you multiply that by the square footage that moved. there's a lot of square footage. there's 600 miles from the one aftershock to the bottom aftershock. and then how many feet or miles did it shake? you have to multiply that by a very large n...
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