It is important to note that the new model only predicts the maximum possible magnitude of an earthquake rather than what the earthquake magnitude will actually be, the researchers say. (caltech.edu)
Peirce argued that, since zero magnitude is one of an infinity of possible magnitudes, all except one greater than zero but too small for us to definitely detect in nature, the improbability of the zero size being the exact truth is infinite. (religion-online.org)
Scientists know that it will happen again, we know the possible magnitude of the earthquakes to come, and we know that those magnitudes are greater than 7. (sciencemag.org)