Well, that'll help

The U.S. Geological Survey has upgraded the Peruvian earthquake from 7.9 to 8.0.

That means we'll respond twice as fast with three times the amount of aid right? Coz those 7.x earthquakes, they're baby earthquakes, tremors really. But once you reach 8, it's a catastrophe, requiring a much larger response. We should send the National Guard oh wait we can't. But we can measure earthquake severity with the best of them. Eventually.