An Earthquake with Magnitude 8

question 10

Multiple Choice

An earthquake with magnitude 8.0 releases ____________ the energy of an earthquake with magnitude 4.0.

• A) twice
• B) four hundred times
• C) two hundred times
• D) ten thousand times

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