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The geologist C. F. Richter defined the magnitude of an earthquake to be The geologist C. F. Richter defined the magnitude of an earthquake to be   where I is the intensity of the quake (measured by the amplitude of a seismograph 100 km from the epicenter)  and S is the intensity of a  standard  earthquake (where the amplitude is only   cm) . The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that shook San Francisco had a magnitude of   on the Richter scale. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was   times as intense. What was its magnitude on the Richter scale? A)    B)    C)    D)    E)   where I is the intensity of the quake (measured by the amplitude of a seismograph 100 km from the epicenter) and S is the intensity of a "standard" earthquake (where the amplitude is only The geologist C. F. Richter defined the magnitude of an earthquake to be   where I is the intensity of the quake (measured by the amplitude of a seismograph 100 km from the epicenter)  and S is the intensity of a  standard  earthquake (where the amplitude is only   cm) . The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that shook San Francisco had a magnitude of   on the Richter scale. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was   times as intense. What was its magnitude on the Richter scale? A)    B)    C)    D)    E)   cm) . The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that shook San Francisco had a magnitude of The geologist C. F. Richter defined the magnitude of an earthquake to be   where I is the intensity of the quake (measured by the amplitude of a seismograph 100 km from the epicenter)  and S is the intensity of a  standard  earthquake (where the amplitude is only   cm) . The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that shook San Francisco had a magnitude of   on the Richter scale. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was   times as intense. What was its magnitude on the Richter scale? A)    B)    C)    D)    E)   on the Richter scale. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was The geologist C. F. Richter defined the magnitude of an earthquake to be   where I is the intensity of the quake (measured by the amplitude of a seismograph 100 km from the epicenter)  and S is the intensity of a  standard  earthquake (where the amplitude is only   cm) . The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that shook San Francisco had a magnitude of   on the Richter scale. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was   times as intense. What was its magnitude on the Richter scale? A)    B)    C)    D)    E)   times as intense. What was its magnitude on the Richter scale?


A) The geologist C. F. Richter defined the magnitude of an earthquake to be   where I is the intensity of the quake (measured by the amplitude of a seismograph 100 km from the epicenter)  and S is the intensity of a  standard  earthquake (where the amplitude is only   cm) . The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that shook San Francisco had a magnitude of   on the Richter scale. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was   times as intense. What was its magnitude on the Richter scale? A)    B)    C)    D)    E)
B) The geologist C. F. Richter defined the magnitude of an earthquake to be   where I is the intensity of the quake (measured by the amplitude of a seismograph 100 km from the epicenter)  and S is the intensity of a  standard  earthquake (where the amplitude is only   cm) . The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that shook San Francisco had a magnitude of   on the Richter scale. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was   times as intense. What was its magnitude on the Richter scale? A)    B)    C)    D)    E)
C) The geologist C. F. Richter defined the magnitude of an earthquake to be   where I is the intensity of the quake (measured by the amplitude of a seismograph 100 km from the epicenter)  and S is the intensity of a  standard  earthquake (where the amplitude is only   cm) . The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that shook San Francisco had a magnitude of   on the Richter scale. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was   times as intense. What was its magnitude on the Richter scale? A)    B)    C)    D)    E)
D) The geologist C. F. Richter defined the magnitude of an earthquake to be   where I is the intensity of the quake (measured by the amplitude of a seismograph 100 km from the epicenter)  and S is the intensity of a  standard  earthquake (where the amplitude is only   cm) . The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that shook San Francisco had a magnitude of   on the Richter scale. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was   times as intense. What was its magnitude on the Richter scale? A)    B)    C)    D)    E)
E) The geologist C. F. Richter defined the magnitude of an earthquake to be   where I is the intensity of the quake (measured by the amplitude of a seismograph 100 km from the epicenter)  and S is the intensity of a  standard  earthquake (where the amplitude is only   cm) . The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that shook San Francisco had a magnitude of   on the Richter scale. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was   times as intense. What was its magnitude on the Richter scale? A)    B)    C)    D)    E)

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