How Powerful Is A 7.2-Magnitude Earthquake?

Just as Cebu are hit by the recent earthquake, more and more Consolacionanon are willing to help our brothers in Bohol. While we still experience some aftershocks, might as well know just how strong and powerful was the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit Bohol and Cebu and the rest of Central Visayas on Tuesday, October 15?

"The energy released by the Visayas quake was also equivalent to that of 951.5 kilotons of TNT, 796,214 lightning flashes, 30.16 million gallons of gasoline, or 1.90 billion sticks of dynamite."

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