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An Earthquake Was Recorded Which Was 2,511,886 Times More Powerful log(II)\log \left( \frac { \mathrm { I } } { \mathrm { I } } \right)

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An earthquake was recorded which was 2,511,886 times more powerful than a reference level zero earthquake. What is the magnitude of this earthquake on the Richter scale? Intensity on the Richter scale is lo log(II) \log \left( \frac { \mathrm { I } } { \mathrm { I } } \right)


A) 5.4
B) 14.7
C) 6.4
D) 0.64

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