Part b is: if the energy release of one earthquake is 10,000 times that of another, how much larger is the richter scale reading of the larger earth quake than the smaller? will give

You could use the information from part A to get B. I'm not sure if you want A or not, so I'll do it as well.

A

Eo = 10^4.4 Joules

E = 2 * 10^15

Formula

M = (2/3) log (E/Eo)

M = 2/3 * log (2 * 10^15/10^(4.4) )

M = 2/3 * log( 7.9621* 10^10)

M = 2/3 * 10.901

M = 7.26735 on the Richter scale. That is a huge amount of energy.

Part B

Suppose that you use Eo and your base. Eo is 10^4.4

Now the new earthquake is E = 10000 * Eo

So what you get now is M = (2/3)* Log(10000 * Eo / Eo )

The Eo's cancel out.

M = 2/3 * log(10000)

M = 2/3 of 4

M = 8/3

M = 2.6667 difference in the Richter Scale Reading. It is still an awful lot of energy.

What this tells you is that if the original reading was (say) 6 then the 10000 times bigger reading would 8.266667

M = 2.6667

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