This was actually one of a series of earthquakes in the area, one of which is estimated to have had a Richter magnitude of 8.8.
In 1964 an earthquake measuring 9.2 on the Richter scale occurred in Alaska.
(a) How did the power of the New Madrid earthquake described above compare with that of the 1964 Alaska earthquake? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
(b) In 1960 an earthquake occurred in Chile that was 2 times as powerful as the Alaska quake. What was the Richter scale reading for the Chilean earthquake? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
