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An earthquake with magnitude 7.5 has how many more times the energy than a 6.5 earthquake?
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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.
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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 more times energy does an earthquake with a Richter magnitude 8 release than an earthquake with a Richter magnitude of 6?
about a 1000
How many times larger is a 5.5 magnitude earthquake than a 3.5 magnitude earthquake?
100 times larger
How many times greater is released from a 6.5 magnitude earthquake from a 4.5 magnitude eathquake?
A hundred times greater. The "magnitudes" used here use a logarithmic scale; every increase by one magnitude means an increase of the amount of energy in the earthquake by a factor of 10 in this case.
How many times more powerful was the Japan earthquake than the Christchurch earthquake?
The 2010 Christchurch earthquake was of magnitude 7.1. The 2011 Christchurch earthquake was of magnitude 6.3. The 2011 Japan earthquake was of magnitude 9.0. The formula for comparing the energy released by two earthquakes using the moment magnitude scale (which is what I assume those numbers are in, since it's the most common scale for large earthquakes) is D=103*(m1 - m2)/2 So compared to the more recent Christchurch earthquake, we get that the Japan earthquake was about 103*(9.0-6.3)/2 = 103*2.7/2 = 104.05 which we can tell even without actually doing the calculations is a bit over 10,000 times more powerful in terms of total energy released. (this does not, however, mean 10,000 times more damage).
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 more times energy does an earthquake with a Richter magnitude 8 release than an earthquake with a Richter magnitude of 6?
about a 1000
How many earthquakes do we detect each year and how many cause damage?
a magnitude 7.2 earthquake produces 10 times more ground motion than a magnitude 6.2 earthquake, but it releases about 32 times more energy. The energy release best indicates the destructive power of an earthquake.
An earthquake with magnitude 6.6 on the Richter scale releases how many times as much energy as an earthquake with magnitude 5.6?
A 3.0 earthquake releases 1,000 times more energy than a 1.0 earthquake.
How many times greater is the amplitude of an earthquake with a magnitude of 6 versus an earthquake with a magnitude of 4?
100 times
How many times greater is the maximum ground motion of a magnitude 5 earthquake compared with that of a magnitude 3 earthquake?
The maximum ground motion of a magnitude 5 earthquake is 100 times larger than a magnitude 3 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.
How many times larger is a 5.5 magnitude earthquake than a 3.5 magnitude earthquake?
100 times larger
How many times greater is released from a 6.5 magnitude earthquake from a 4.5 magnitude eathquake?
A hundred times greater. The "magnitudes" used here use a logarithmic scale; every increase by one magnitude means an increase of the amount of energy in the earthquake by a factor of 10 in this case.
A magnitude 6 earthquake is how many times greater than a magnitude 5 earthquake?
1000 times as much
How many times more powerful is an earthquake measuring 7.0 than one measuring 5.0?
The Richter magniude scale is logorithmic. As such the size (amplitude) of the largest seismic waves produced by a magnitude 7 earthquake are 102 (or 100) times larger than those produced by a magnitude 5 earthquake. However the amount of energy released by a magnitude7 earthquake is 1000 times greater (102)^3/2 than a magnitude 5 earthquake and so it is likely to be much more destructive.
An earthquake measuring 7 on the ritcher scale releases about how many times more energy than an earthquake with a magnitude of 6?
10 times greater since the Ritcher scale is logarithmic. An earthquake measuring 9 releases one thousand times more energy than a 6, 100 times more than a 7 and 10 times more than a 8. Logarithmic scales are scary.
