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Structural Analysis

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Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

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Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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Earthquakes can result in various forms of damage, but many result in fault ruptures, or cracks in the Earth's surface. In a 1958 study† of earthquakes in California and Nevada, D.Tocher found the following relationship between the fault rupture length L, in kilometers, and the magnitude M (on the Richter scale) of an earthquake.

L = 0.0000017 × 10.47^M

What fault rupture length would be expected from an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
kilometers

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