Earthquake Magnitudes The Japan earthquake of 2011 had a magnitude of 9.1 on the Richter scale. How many times more intense was this than the 1906 San Francisco earth- quake? (See Exercise 12.) Earthquake Magnitudes The 1906 earthquake in San Fran- cisco had a magnitude of 8.3 on the Richter scale. At the same time in Japan an earthquake with magnitude 4.9 caused only minor damage. How many times more intense was the San Francisco earthquake than the Japan earthquake?

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Earthquake Magnitudes The Japan earthquake of 2011 had
a magnitude of 9.1 on the Richter scale. How many times
more intense was this than the 1906 San Francisco earth-
quake? (See Exercise 12.)
Transcribed Image Text:Earthquake Magnitudes The Japan earthquake of 2011 had a magnitude of 9.1 on the Richter scale. How many times more intense was this than the 1906 San Francisco earth- quake? (See Exercise 12.)
Earthquake Magnitudes The 1906 earthquake in San Fran-
cisco had a magnitude of 8.3 on the Richter scale. At the
same time in Japan an earthquake with magnitude 4.9 caused
only minor damage. How many times more intense was the
San Francisco earthquake than the Japan earthquake?
Transcribed Image Text:Earthquake Magnitudes The 1906 earthquake in San Fran- cisco had a magnitude of 8.3 on the Richter scale. At the same time in Japan an earthquake with magnitude 4.9 caused only minor damage. How many times more intense was the San Francisco earthquake than the Japan earthquake?
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