Why did the earthquake make a great comedian?

Its timing always shook up the room.

Did You Know?

The joke plays on "shook up" meaning both physically shaking the room (what earthquakes do) and emotionally shaking up an audience (what great comedians do with perfect timing)! Earthquakes are measured by the Richter scale, which is logarithmic—meaning a magnitude 6.0 earthquake is actually 10 times stronger than a 5.0. The world experiences about 500,000 detectable earthquakes every year, though only about 100 cause damage.