500 times stronger...wow. And the Japanese one in 2011 was about 9.0 on the Richter scale, wasn't it? I don't know how you coastal folk handle it. (although we're at risk in the Rockies, as well.)

--M
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I love to go a-wandering,
Along the mountain track,
And as I go, I love to sing,
My knapsack on my back

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