According to the richer scale, a reading of 2.0 would cause damage, as opposed to a reading of 7.0, which would cause damage.

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it would affect precipitation by causing flooding in some areas of the world due to climate increasing, causing the glaciers in the northern and southern pole of our planet to melt.

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