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-An earthquake was recorded with an intensity which was 1,258,9251,258,925 times more powerful than a reference level earthquake, or 1,258,925I01,258,925 \cdot \mathrm { I } 0 . What is the magnitude of this earthquake on the Richter scale (rounded to the nearest tenth) ? Intensity on the Richter scale is log10(I/I0) \log _ { 10 } ( \mathrm { I } / \mathrm { I } 0 ) .


A) 14.014.0
B) 0.60.6
C) 6.16.1
D) 5.15.1

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