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How much stronger is a magnitude 8 earthquake than a magnitude 6?
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A magnitude 8 earthquake is 100 times stronger than a magnitude 6 quake.
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What is the difference between 5.9 and 6.0 earthquake?
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake is about 1.4 times stronger than a magnitude 5.9.
How much larger is an earthquake with a magnitude of 9 than an earthquake with a magnitude of 4?
5
How many times greater is the magnitude of a 6.3 earthquake to a 9.2 magnitude earthquake?
A magnitude 9.2 earthquake is 794 times bigger on a seismograph than a 6.3 nut is 22387 times stronger in terms of energy released.
Can the magnitude of an aftershock be stronger than the magnitude of the main earthquake?
By definitiona an aftershock is always smaller than the larger earthquake that preceeded it. If an earthquake then occurs that is of larger magnitude and related to the prior seismic activity it is redesignated as the mainshock and all pre-recording quakes are re-designated as foreshocks.
An earthquake with magnitude 7.5 has how many more times the energy than a 6.5 earthquake?
Seismic energy increases by a factor of about 31.6 for each increase of magnitude, so a magnitude 3 earthquake has 31.6 times more energy released than a magnitude 2 earthquake.
How many times stronger is a magnitude 9 earthquake than a 5 earthquake?
A magnitude 9 earthquake is 10,000x stronger than a magnitude 5.
What is the difference between 5.9 and 6.0 earthquake?
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake is about 1.4 times stronger than a magnitude 5.9.
How much larger is an earthquake with a magnitude of 9 than an earthquake with a magnitude of 4?
5
How much greater is a magnitude 7.0 earthquake than in comparison to a 6.0 earthquake?
My understanding of the magnitudes of earthquakes is that each decimal point is equal to a magnitude of strength 10x more than the previous number. Example would be that a 4.2 earthquake is 10x stronger than a 4.1 earthquake. Therefore, a magnitude 8.5 EQ is 100x stronger than a 7.5 EQ.
How many times stronger is a magnitude 9 earthquake than a magnitude 7?
Answer #1:by a magnitude of 2======================Answer #2:by a factor of 100
How much more ground motion is produced by an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 than by an earthquake of magnitude 4.0?
0.3 magnitude
How much more ground motion is produced by an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 than by an earthquake magnitude 4.0?
0.3 magnitude
How many times greater is the magnitude of a 6.3 earthquake to a 9.2 magnitude earthquake?
A magnitude 9.2 earthquake is 794 times bigger on a seismograph than a 6.3 nut is 22387 times stronger in terms of energy released.
How many times stronger is an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 than an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0?
The Richter scales grows by powers of 10, so an increase of 1 point means the strength of an earth quake is 10 times greater than the level before it; for example, and earthquake registering 3.0 on the Richter scale is 10 times stronger than a quake that registered 2.0
Why is a 6.0 magnitude earthquake so much more destructive than a 5.0 magnitude earthquake?
Because the "magnitude scale is not linear, it is logarithmic (its numbers are an order of magnitude apart) this mean that the a magnitude 6 earthquake is TEN TIMES more powerful than a magnitude 5 earthquake and a HUNDRED TIMES more powerful than a magnitude 4 earthquake.
Why is 6.0 magnitude earthquake so much more destructive than a 5.0 magnitude earthquake?
Because the "magnitude scale is not linear, it is logarithmic (its numbers are an order of magnitude apart) this mean that the a magnitude 6 earthquake is TEN TIMES more powerful than a magnitude 5 earthquake and a HUNDRED TIMES more powerful than a magnitude 4 earthquake.
How much larger is the wave amplitude of an 8.0 earthquake than a 6.0 earthquake?
The amplitude of a magnitude 8 earthquake is 100 times larger than a magnitude 6 earthquake.
