Posted by Ali on Monday, November 1, 2010 at 10:43am.
http://www.matter.org.uk/schools/content/seismology/richterscale.html
Is the epicenter in the desert? In the mountains? In a city? Is it a strike-slip, normal, or thrust type of earthquake?
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/glossary/?term=strike-slip
Lots of different factors.
I was not given any information regarding these factors, I wrote out the question I was given
Be sure you read (and reread and reread, if necessary) the first paragraph in that first link I gave you above.
Read carefully and apply...
I'm sorry, I'm still confused.
Is it something like log(2) 6.1??
Add log 2 to 6.1
A seismograph 300 km from the epicenter of an earthquake recorded a maximum amplitude of 5.9 102 µm. Find this earthquake's magnitude on the Richter scale. (Round your answer to the nearest tenth.)
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