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I t was 6.9magnitude earthquake which epicenter was in border of india and nepal
Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 at India-Nepal border on 4 Apr 2011 Tremors felt. An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale and with an epicentre in Nepal shook parts of north India, including capital Delhi, Ghaziabad, and Noida also.
A magnitude 6 earthquake has 10 ten times the energy of a magnitude 5 earthquake.
An earthquake's magnitude is a measure of how strong it is
The magnitude of an earthquake is caluated to measure the amount of energy released during the earthquake.
7.2 magnitude
A magnitude 6 earthquake emits roughly 31 times more energy than a magnitude 5 earthquake. The magnitude 6 quake will also have a maximum seismic wave amplitude of ten times the magnitude 5 earthquake.
The Earthquake of February 27,2010 had a magnitude of 8.8
The magnitude of Haiti's recent earthquake was 7.0
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.
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.
A magnitude 9 earthquake is 10,000x stronger than a magnitude 5.