A Scalar value is considered to only need a magnitude. A magnitude is just a value. Speed is considered a scalar quantity since it does not tell you anything about direction, just that's it's going 60 mph.
A vector quantity is made up of both a magnitude and a direction. An example is velocity. Velocity you state how fast you are going, and the direction in which you are going in.
Distance is a scalar. But displacement is a vector.
Since you can represent that with a single number, it isn't a vector - just a scalar.
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A scalar times a vector is a vector.
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A scalar is a single quantity that is represented by just a magnitude, such as temperature or speed. A vector is a quantity that has both magnitude and direction, like force or velocity. Scalars can be thought of as a subset of vectors with zero direction component.
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Distance is a scalar. But displacement is a vector.
An earthquake is neither a scalar nor a vector. It is an event.
Since you can represent that with a single number, it isn't a vector - just a scalar.