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How much larger is the wave amplitude of an 8.0 earthquake than a 6.0 earthquake?
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The amplitude of a magnitude 8 earthquake is 100 times larger than a magnitude 6 earthquake.
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How strong is a magnitude 8 earthquake compared to a 7?
The amplitude (height) of the seismic waves in a magnitude 8 earthquake will be ten times larger than in a magnitude 7 quake. This equates to approximately 31 times more energy.
How much bigger is a 7 on the Richter scale than a 6?
The seismic waves will have 10 times the amplitude and the earthquake will release approximately 32 times the energy.
How much more energy is released from an earthquake of a magnitude of 6.5 to a magnitude of 5.5?
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 has a shaking amplitude 10 times that of an earthquake with a 4.0 magnitude.
Why are the vibrations from the earthquake larger at Charlotte than they are in London?
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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.
How much greater is a magnitude 8 earthquake than a magnitude 4 earthquake in amplitude?
The Richter magnitude scale is a base-10 logarithmic scale of the shaking amplitude. This means that a difference of 1 in the scale is equivalent to a 10-fold increase in amplitude. So the difference in amplitude between a mag 8 and a mag 4 earthquake is 104.
How much larger is an earthquake with a magnitude of 9 than an earthquake with a magnitude of 4?
5
How strong is a magnitude 8 earthquake compared to a 7?
The amplitude (height) of the seismic waves in a magnitude 8 earthquake will be ten times larger than in a magnitude 7 quake. This equates to approximately 31 times more energy.
Why sound wave with a large amplitude is more likely to damage your hearing than one with a small amplitude.?
Because a larger amplitude the louder the sound therefore the sound with the larger amplitude is more likely to damage your hearing.
Why is a sound wave with a large amplitude more likely to damage your hearing than one with a small amplitude?
Because a larger amplitude the louder the sound therefore the sound with the larger amplitude is more likely to damage your hearing.
How much bigger is a 7 on the Richter scale than a 6?
The seismic waves will have 10 times the amplitude and the earthquake will release approximately 32 times the energy.
How many times larger is a 5.5 magnitude earthquake than a 3.5 magnitude earthquake?
100 times larger
How much more energy does a Richter magnitude 6 release compared to a magnitude 3?
Every change of 1 on the Richter scale increases the amplitude of the measured seismic waves of the earthquake by a factor of 10 and the energy released scales with the shaking amplitude based on the following: Change in energy released = (10^Md)^(3/2) Where Md = difference in magnitude between two earthquakes (in the example above this is 3.0) Therefore a magnitude 6.0 earthquake releases (10^3.0)^(3/2) = 31,622 times more nergy than a magnitude 3.0 earthquake and has seismic waves with 1000 times larger amplitude.
How much more energy is released from an earthquake of a magnitude of 6.5 to a magnitude of 5.5?
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 has a shaking amplitude 10 times that of an earthquake with a 4.0 magnitude.
A 9.0 earthquake is how many times larger than a 7.0 earthquake?
1000 times stronger.
What is it called when a combined wave has a larger amplitude than the original wave?
constructive interference
What is it called when a combined wave has larger amplitude than the original wave?
constructive interference
