The formula m=logl/s determines the magnitude of an earthquake, where I is the intensity of the earthquake and S is the intensity of a "standard earthquake." How many times stronger is an earthquake with a magnitude of 8 than an earthquake with a magnitude of 6? Show your work.

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23 March, 19:56

The formula m=logl/s determines the magnitude of an earthquake, where I is the intensity of the earthquake and S is the intensity of a "standard earthquake." How many times stronger is an earthquake with a magnitude of 8 than an earthquake with a magnitude of 6? Show your work.

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Quinn Adams · Answer 1

nasically this means applied the number of rankings that a 6 on the richter scale is 10 times stronger that a five 100 times stronger than a for and 1000 times stronger than a 3