why is a 7.0 earthquake 10 times stronger than a 6.0 earthquake?
cocoa_22_1980
2006-03-04 01:50:49 UTC
why is a 7.0 earthquake 10 times stronger than a 6.0 earthquake?
Two answers:
vontiki2000
2006-03-05 12:32:35 UTC
Since the Richter scale is logarithmic, a 6.0 earthquake would have a relative magnitude of 10^6 (1,000,000), while a 7.0 earthquake would be represented by 10^7 (10,000,000), or ten times stronger.
2006-03-04 02:12:02 UTC
because richter scale is logarithmic.
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