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By how many times is an earthquake of magnitude 5 on the richter scale more powerful than one of magnitude 4.I want class 8 standard answer

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The magnitude scale is logarithmic. That just MEANS that if you ADD 1 to an earthquake's magnitude, you multiply the shaking by 10. ... For example, if the magnitude of one quake is 6 and another is 4, than the difference in magnitudes is 2, so the stronger earthquake SHAKES 10^2 or 100 TIMES as hard as the milder one.



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