The Geologist C

question 42

Multiple Choice

The geologist C. F. Richter defined the magnitude of an earthquake to be where I is the intensity of the quake (measured by the amplitude of a seismograph 100 km from the epicenter) and S is the intensity of a "standard" earthquake (where the amplitude is only cm) . The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that shook San Francisco had a magnitude of on the Richter scale. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was times as intense. What was its magnitude on the Richter scale?

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