How does an earthquake of magnitude 7.9 compare in intensity with an earthquake of magnitude of 3.7 on the Richter scale? The larger earthquake's intensity was nothing times as great as the smaller earthquake's intensity. (Round to the nearest whole number as needed.)

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Linus

2 May, 14:58

How does an earthquake of magnitude 7.9 compare in intensity with an earthquake of magnitude of 3.7 on the Richter scale? The larger earthquake's intensity was nothing times as great as the smaller earthquake's intensity. (Round to the nearest whole number as needed.)

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Thomas · Answer 1

We are required to compare the magnitude for two earthquake intensity:

the larger intensity is 7.9

the smaller intensity is 3.7

thus the ratio of the intensity will be:

(larger intensity) / (smaller intensity)

=7.9/3.7

=2.135

~2

Thus we conclude that:

The larger earthquake's intensity was 2 times as great as the smaller earthquake's intensity.