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What would a magnitude 15 earthquake be like? (www.youtube.com)
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[–] e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net 7 points 9 months 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.