Question

If one earthquake has a magnitude of 5 on the Richter scale and a second earthquake has a magnitude of 6, what is the relationship between the intensities of the two earthquakes?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:Richter studied many earthquakes that occurred between 1900 and 1950. The largest had magnitude of 8.9 on the Richter scale, and the smallest had magnitude 0. This corresponds to a ratio of intensities of 800,000,000, so the Richter scale provides more manageable numbers to work with.