What would be the Richter level of an earthquake twice as strong as an earthquake of level 5.2 if an increase on the scale corresponds with the increase in a power of 10
What would be the Richter level of an earthquake twice as strong as an earthquake of level 5.2 if an increase on the scale corresponds with the increase in a power of 10.
Since the Richter is logarithmic to base 10, then the increase in magnitude would be: Log(2)=0.301, so to double the strength of the earthquake, there has to be an inctrease of .301 in scale. Therefore:
5.2 + .301=or about 5.5 would be twice as powerful as 5.2 quake.
