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New from Snet: Lithologs, a new tool to create lithological/sedimentological logs online..

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Why are big earthquakes so much more destructive than small ones?

Today we are publishing our 300th Earthlearningidea! 'Spaghetti quakes; why are big earthquakes so much more destructive than small ones? This activity uses increasingly large bundles of dry spaghetti to demonstrate how each unit of logarithmic increase in earthquake magnitude is related to a 30-fold increase in energy release. It's a demonstration of “earthquake energy” using spaghetti, to

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