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The Richter scale converts seismographic readings into numbers for measuring the magnitude of an earthquake according to this
function $M ( x ) = \log \left( \frac { x } { x _ { 0 } } \right) , \text { where } x _ { 0 } = 10 ^ { - 3 } .$
-What is the magnitude of an earthquake whose seismographic reading is 6.6 millimeters at a distance of 100 kilometers from its epicenter? Round the answer to the nearest tenth.

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