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  • 25-09-2018
  • Mathematics
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What will the reading on the Richter scale be for an earthquake that has an intensity of 3.8 × 10^6 and a reference value of 1? `(R = log (l/(l_0)))`

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rejkjavik rejkjavik
  • 06-10-2018

we are given

[tex]I=3.8 \times 10^6[/tex]

[tex]I_0=1[/tex]

now, we can use formula

[tex]R=log(\frac{I}{I_0} )[/tex]

now, we can plug these values

we get

[tex]R=log(\frac{3.8 \times 10^6}{1} )[/tex]

[tex]R=6.57978[/tex]............Answer


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