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What would a magnitude 15 earthquake be like? (www.youtube.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

It's weird to say there's no upper limit. Somewhere around magnitude 46, the entire universe would collapse into a black hole. I think once you've destroyed the universe, you can stop counting.